Discovery certificate for object 2020tpt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 82560 [ 2020TNSTR2851....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-18 18:29:21
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_Bot1)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020tpt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abzhizm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:46:24.235 (311.6009781) DEC = +25:44:44.61 (25.7457243)
Discovery date: 2020-09-15 06:25:55.200 (JD=2459107.768)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-15 06:25:55.200
Flux: 18.05 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-06 04:59:31
Limiting flux: 20.4 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/2020tpt