Discovery certificate for object 2020kzk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71899 [ 2020TNSTR1558....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-25 06:48:17
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: SN 2020kzk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abavnaw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:41:01.879 (235.2578304) DEC = +52:51:43.24 (52.8620122)
Discovery date: 2020-05-22 06:07:20.640 (JD=2458991.7551042)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-22 06:07:20.640
Flux: 20.16 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-16 07:15:35
Limiting flux: 20.8042 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/2020kzk