Discovery certificate for object 2020bdr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60277 [ 2020TNSTR.300....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-28 03:01:39
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 2020bdr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaivlzx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:29:34.082 (337.3920086) DEC = +42:43:26.85 (42.7241262)
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 02:57:07.000 (JD=2458872.6229977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 02:57:07.000
Flux: 19.95 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-14 02:55:40
Limiting flux: 20.47 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/2020bdr