Discovery certificate for object 2020yig
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 87606 [ 2020TNSTR3295....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-29 02:57:52
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 2020yig
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acnrphs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:59:58.150 (269.99229236667) DEC = +68:29:52.61 (68.497946266667)
Discovery date: 2020-10-23 04:47:52.224 (JD=2459145.6999074)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-23 04:47:52.224
Flux: 20.65 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-23 02:39:49
Limiting flux: 20.4242 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/2020yig