Discovery certificate for object 2020ocu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 75907 [ 2020TNSTR2066....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-08 06:39:22
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: AT 2020ocu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abjwulx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:07:51.837 (271.96598566667) DEC = +30:50:34.09 (30.842803166667)
Discovery date: 2020-07-08 05:26:05.280 (JD=2459038.7264468)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-08 05:26:05.280
Flux: 19.79 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-05 07:55:38
Limiting flux: 19.7377 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/2020ocu