Discovery certificate for object 2020bza
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61240 [ 2020TNSTR.418....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-07 07:34:01
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: SN 2020bza
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aamfpcj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:46:26.011 (146.608378775) DEC = +21:13:44.95 (21.229151975)
Discovery date: 2020-02-04 10:05:19.000 (JD=2458883.9203704)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-04 10:05:19.000
Flux: 19.95 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-04 06:25:11
Limiting flux: 19.5414 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/2020bza