Discovery certificate for object 2020biy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60514 [ 2020TNSTR.330....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-30 05:29:27
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 2020biy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aczuwnd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:29:07.966 (67.28319035) DEC = +26:53:34.62 (26.892949)
Discovery date: 2020-01-30 03:35:40.000 (JD=2458878.6497801)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-30 03:35:40.000
Flux: 17.52 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-29 04:52:58
Limiting flux: 20.3804 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/2020biy