Discovery certificate for object 2020bdu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60280 [ 2020TNSTR.301....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-28 03:45:17
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 2020bdu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abchcqa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:23:11.836 (335.7993183) DEC = +35:04:48.68 (35.08018795)
Discovery date: 2020-01-25 02:42:01.000 (JD=2458873.6125231)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-25 02:42:01.000
Flux: 16.78 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-25 02:17:17
Limiting flux: 19.7562 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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