Discovery certificate for object 2020mtx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 74278 [ 2020TNSTR1824....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-16 11:23:51
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 2020mtx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abewyfh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:54:56.847 (313.73686455) DEC = +00:15:37.94 (0.2605397)
Discovery date: 2020-06-13 08:31:48.288 (JD=2459013.8554167)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-13 08:31:48.288
Flux: 19.5 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-02 11:05:54
Limiting flux: 20.2666 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/2020mtx