Discovery certificate for object 2020crq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62016 [ 2020TNSTR.518....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-16 13:23:15
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 2020crq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aalakrr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:21:23.283 (275.347014425) DEC = +31:49:27.77 (31.82438015)
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 12:55:04.000 (JD=2458893.0382523)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 12:55:04.000
Flux: 18.91 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-07 13:41:05
Limiting flux: 19.8633 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/2020crq