Discovery certificate for object 2020bzc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61243 [ 2020TNSTR.418....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-07 11:34:06
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 2020bzc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aamdqiz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:22:06.420 (170.52675025) DEC = +17:45:42.86 (17.76190555)
Discovery date: 2020-02-07 07:27:25.000 (JD=2458886.810706)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-07 07:27:25.000
Flux: 19.44 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-04 12:06:29
Limiting flux: 19.7618 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/2020bzc