Discovery certificate for object 2020aark
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 90436 [ 2020TNSTR3522....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-21 13:17:01
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, M. Giomi, J. van Santen (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020aark
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acqvifs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:10:51.140 (152.7130827) DEC = +14:23:22.58 (14.3896051)
Discovery date: 2020-11-15 12:27:26.784 (JD=2459169.0190625)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-15 12:27:26.784
Flux: 20.1 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-12 12:10:47
Limiting flux: 20.5655 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020aark