Discovery certificate for object 2020cro
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62013 [ 2020TNSTR.518....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-16 12:23:15
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 2020cro
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aankfap
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:36:58.936 (219.2455646) DEC = +50:37:21.95 (50.622764825)
Discovery date: 2020-02-14 12:47:21.000 (JD=2458894.0328935)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-14 12:47:21.000
Flux: 19.58 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-14 12:23:43
Limiting flux: 20.1768 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/2020cro