Discovery certificate for object 2020fop
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 65578 [ 2020TNSTR.925....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-31 03:00:44
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_CLU_PUBLIC)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K. De (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020fop
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aatqbjp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:24:47.960 (201.1998344) DEC = +16:08:45.23 (16.1458984)
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 07:22:48.000 (JD=2458936.8075)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 07:22:48.000
Flux: 19.5942 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-06 11:23:25
Limiting flux: 20.1141 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/2020fop