Discovery certificate for object 2020bdy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60285 [ 2020TNSTR.301....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-28 04:46:33
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 2020bdy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aafntdy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:19:04.816 (64.77006665) DEC = -27:20:16.06 (-27.33779365)
Discovery date: 2020-01-15 04:02:04.000 (JD=2458863.6681134)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-15 04:02:04.000
Flux: 19.39 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

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