Discovery certificate for object 2020amu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 59551 [ 2020TNSTR.239....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-23 07:47:53
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_NEW)
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 2020amu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18accnkcw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:37:27.828 (129.36595125) DEC = +41:18:52.74 (41.3146492)
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 05:25:42.000 (JD=2458871.7261921)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 05:25:42.000
Flux: 20.04 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-23 05:13:32
Limiting flux: 20.5393 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/2020amu