Discovery certificate for object 2020mfz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 73608 [ 2020TNSTR1769....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-12 07:23:13
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 2020mfz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aavwzws
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:57:54.562 (269.47734294) DEC = +36:21:48.35 (36.36342948)
Discovery date: 2020-06-11 07:44:24.000 (JD=2459011.8225)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-11 07:44:24.000
Flux: 19.28 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-11 07:21:38
Limiting flux: 20.6541 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/2020mfz