Discovery certificate for object 2020crt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62020 [ 2020TNSTR.518....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-16 13:23:27
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 2020crt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aanafsu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:59:13.051 (284.804379325) DEC = +47:14:14.46 (47.237349125)
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 12:53:47.000 (JD=2458893.0373495)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-13 12:53:47.000
Flux: 19.28 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020crt