Discovery certificate for object 2020kxi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71810 [ 2020TNSTR1546....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-24 07:48:21
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 2020kxi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abbhtpu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:45:32.992 (161.387468075) DEC = +82:24:40.64 (82.4112893)
Discovery date: 2020-05-18 05:43:52.320 (JD=2458987.7387963)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-18 05:43:52.320
Flux: 16.92 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-18 03:58:00
Limiting flux: 20.2083 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/2020kxi