Discovery certificate for object 2020czy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62363 [ 2020TNSTR.582....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-21 12:16:49
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 2020czy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaodtim
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:12:14.420 (258.06008215) DEC = -04:08:50.30 (-4.14730485)
Discovery date: 2020-02-16 12:54:37.000 (JD=2458896.0379282)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-16 12:54:37.000
Flux: 19.36 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2020czy