Discovery certificate for object 2020bbh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60147 [ 2020TNSTR.284....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-27 07:45:12
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 2020bbh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaqexzp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:20:04.103 (185.01709625) DEC = +69:58:16.11 (69.971142666667)
Discovery date: 2020-01-26 07:11:53.000 (JD=2458874.7999306)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-26 07:11:53.000
Flux: 18.16 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-25 08:47:12
Limiting flux: 20.6654 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/2020bbh