Discovery certificate for object 2020lny
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 72632 [ 2020TNSTR1665....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-02 11:13:54
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 2020lny
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abcginy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:19:53.006 (304.970859625) DEC = -10:53:43.04 (-10.89528825)
Discovery date: 2020-05-27 10:04:01.344 (JD=2458996.919456)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-27 10:04:01.344
Flux: 19.71 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-18 08:55:50
Limiting flux: 20.3041 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/2020lny