Discovery certificate for object 2020rba
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79561 [ 2020TNSTR2446....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-10 22:48:20
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: SN 2020rba
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abqosnh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:35:53.498 (23.972906666667) DEC = +39:57:21.51 (39.955973616667)
Discovery date: 2020-08-09 11:26:00.096 (JD=2459070.9763889)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-09 11:26:00.096
Flux: 19.63 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-08 10:18:04
Limiting flux: 20.3044 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/2020rba