Discovery certificate for object 2020plr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77621 [ 2020TNSTR2157....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-16 11:41:15
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 2020plr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abbywfu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:06:22.990 (16.5957904) DEC = +24:57:11.31 (24.95314276)
Discovery date: 2020-07-15 08:44:15.648 (JD=2459045.8640741)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-15 08:44:15.648
Flux: 19.65 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-14 08:39:59
Limiting flux: 20.0169 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/2020plr