Discovery certificate for object 2020abea
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 91020 [ 2020TNSTR3602....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-29 23:16:28
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020abea
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aanlygx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:44:02.900 (56.0120846) DEC = -18:37:28.75 (-18.6246515)
Discovery date: 2020-02-15 03:23:02.400 (JD=2458894.641)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-15 03:23:02.400
Flux: 19.39 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-12 04:24:58
Limiting flux: 19.75 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/2020abea