Discovery certificate for object 2020nig
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 74926 [ 2020TNSTR1920....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-24 08:19:11
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 2020nig
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aacliot
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:32:11.339 (263.04724723333) DEC = +15:27:37.14 (15.4603168)
Discovery date: 2020-06-23 07:39:11.232 (JD=2459023.8188773)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-23 07:39:11.232
Flux: 18.58 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-23 07:07:38
Limiting flux: 20.6253 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/2020nig