Discovery certificate for object 2020liw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 72320 [ 2020TNSTR1620....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-30 06:12:58
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 2020liw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abczsex
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:20:52.572 (230.21905205) DEC = -21:33:57.91 (-21.5660868)
Discovery date: 2020-05-27 07:32:36.384 (JD=2458996.8143056)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-27 07:32:36.384
Flux: 18.99 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-27 06:01:13
Limiting flux: 20.0156 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/2020liw