Discovery certificate for object 2020nps
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 75281 [ 2020TNSTR1970....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-28 09:36:11
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: SN 2020nps
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aakycpv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:05:18.102 (241.32542407143) DEC = +52:07:12.43 (52.1201197)
Discovery date: 2020-06-28 05:45:41.184 (JD=2459028.7400579)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-28 05:45:41.184
Flux: 19.24 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-25 05:48:19
Limiting flux: 20.9035 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/2020nps