Discovery certificate for object 2020czk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62343 [ 2020TNSTR.582....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-21 04:16:44
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE)
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 2020czk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aapqfqd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:48:03.481 (87.01450225) DEC = -25:08:49.29 (-25.14702485)
Discovery date: 2020-02-15 05:04:07.000 (JD=2458894.7112037)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-15 05:04:07.000
Flux: 19.56 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-15 04:01:28
Limiting flux: 20.1922 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/2020czk