Discovery certificate for object 2020edq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63695 [ 2020TNSTR.742....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-07 00:04:02
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020edq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aasoarv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:01:40.707 (180.4196119) DEC = -16:48:10.28 (-16.8028569)
Discovery date: 2020-02-26 07:00:28.800 (JD=2458905.792)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-26 07:00:28.800
Flux: 19.43 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-21 08:31:12
Limiting flux: 20.18 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/2020edq