Discovery certificate for object 2020khc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71118 [ 2020TNSTR1405....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-18 06:04:29
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 2020khc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abajsji
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:50:09.417 (162.53923655) DEC = -06:02:37.77 (-6.04382365)
Discovery date: 2020-05-18 04:02:41.856 (JD=2458987.6685417)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-18 04:02:41.856
Flux: 19.21 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-12 05:04:39
Limiting flux: 20.1874 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/2020khc