Discovery certificate for object 2020vn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58679 [ 2020TNSTR.136....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-14 03:21:29
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 2020vn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aafdlte
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:25:55.900 (351.48291676667) DEC = +10:02:42.27 (10.0450758)
Discovery date: 2020-01-04 02:35:45.000 (JD=2458852.6081597)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-04 02:35:45.000
Flux: 19.33 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-21 02:17:47
Limiting flux: 19.9293 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/2020vn