Discovery certificate for object 2020coq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61878 [ 2020TNSTR.511....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-15 04:55:36
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 2020coq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aanlhzw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:54:14.114 (28.5588098) DEC = +04:11:24.80 (4.19022175)
Discovery date: 2020-02-15 02:50:21.000 (JD=2458894.6183102)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-15 02:50:21.000
Flux: 19.58 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-12 03:55:29
Limiting flux: 19.7258 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/2020coq