Discovery certificate for object 2020oil
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 76193 [ 2020TNSTR2098....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-11 06:35:23
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 2020oil
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abjwvdh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:54:25.179 (268.60491435) DEC = +15:37:04.86 (15.61801765)
Discovery date: 2020-07-08 05:29:28.320 (JD=2459038.7287963)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-08 05:29:28.320
Flux: 20.12 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-04 08:05:04
Limiting flux: 19.6242 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/2020oil