Discovery certificate for object 2020hvu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 68342 [ 2020TNSTR1104....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-22 11:00:52
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 2020hvu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aavnntf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:18:24.287 (274.60119688889) DEC = +46:38:31.12 (46.641978744444)
Discovery date: 2020-04-16 10:28:25.824 (JD=2458955.936412)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-16 10:28:25.824
Flux: 19.76 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-15 12:15:31
Limiting flux: 20.3622 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020hvu