Discovery certificate for object 2020lrx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 72816 [ 2020TNSTR1695....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-05 06:14:34
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 2020lrx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abdzief
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:40:50.823 (175.21176105) DEC = -04:13:22.35 (-4.2228754)
Discovery date: 2020-06-05 04:03:07.776 (JD=2459005.6688426)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-05 04:03:07.776
Flux: 18.21 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-29 04:39:32
Limiting flux: 20.1708 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/2020lrx