Discovery certificate for object 2020crs
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62018 [ 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 2020crs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abvvtfp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:37:37.859 (279.40774785) DEC = +32:49:37.19 (32.82699755)
Discovery date: 2020-02-16 12:17:40.000 (JD=2458896.0122801)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-16 12:17:40.000
Flux: 17.56 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-13 13:27:42
Limiting flux: 19.7303 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/2020crs