Discovery certificate for object 2020ist
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 69426 [ 2020TNSTR1193....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-01 13:46:51
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: AT 2020ist
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aawphxj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:03:58.722 (315.99467606667) DEC = +11:34:49.09 (11.580301433333)
Discovery date: 2020-04-28 09:38:15.648 (JD=2458967.9015741)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-28 09:38:15.648
Flux: 19.33 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-25 11:24:43
Limiting flux: 20.5427 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/2020ist