Discovery certificate for object 2020joi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 70357 [ 2020TNSTR1308....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-11 10:02:52
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: AT 2020joi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aayjtfh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:25:39.804 (231.41585132) DEC = +49:31:24.57 (49.5234924)
Discovery date: 2020-05-11 06:57:28.224 (JD=2458980.7899074)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN. . See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria..

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-11 06:57:28.224
Flux: 19.09 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-10 07:52:43
Limiting flux: 20.1607 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/2020joi