Discovery certificate for object 2020dam
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62390 [ 2020TNSTR.582....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-21 14:16:45
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 2020dam
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaqftet
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:53:26.648 (268.36103255) DEC = +06:00:31.53 (6.00875945)
Discovery date: 2020-02-21 12:04:28.000 (JD=2458901.0031134)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-21 12:04:28.000
Flux: 19.21 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-16 12:52:38
Limiting flux: 19.8404 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/2020dam