Discovery certificate for object 2020rak
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79531 [ 2020TNSTR2446....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-10 05:49:45
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 2020rak
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abqnztv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:57:53.240 (284.47183145) DEC = +35:45:17.55 (35.75487615)
Discovery date: 2020-08-07 08:24:13.824 (JD=2459068.850162)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-07 08:24:13.824
Flux: 19.69 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-07 05:07:11
Limiting flux: 20.6876 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/2020rak