Discovery certificate for object 2020cri
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62002 [ 2020TNSTR.518....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-16 10:23:09
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 2020cri
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aaaonmb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:04:49.345 (166.2056046) DEC = -18:24:12.98 (-18.40360575)
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 08:07:40.000 (JD=2458892.8386574)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 08:07:40.000
Flux: 16.75 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-28 09:01:17
Limiting flux: 20.2793 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/2020cri