Discovery certificate for object 2020pls
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77625 [ 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 2020pls
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abhttyd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:49:06.919 (12.278827383333) DEC = +18:15:23.51 (18.256531733333)
Discovery date: 2020-07-14 11:05:28.896 (JD=2459044.9621412)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-14 11:05:28.896
Flux: 20.05 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-14 08:37:58
Limiting flux: 20.063 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/2020pls