Discovery certificate for object 2020czj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62338 [ 2020TNSTR.582....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-21 04:16:42
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 2020czj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aamoqqs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:38:05.833 (54.524304433333) DEC = -19:32:30.32 (-19.5417559)
Discovery date: 2020-02-15 03:23:36.000 (JD=2458894.6414005)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-15 03:23:36.000
Flux: 19.47 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-15 03:01:08
Limiting flux: 20.1138 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/2020czj