Discovery certificate for object 2020pws
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 78129 [ 2020TNSTR2217....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-21 10:50:15
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 2020pws
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abxqrwz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:52:52.434 (298.21847415) DEC = -17:37:23.68 (-17.6232458)
Discovery date: 2020-07-21 07:33:17.856 (JD=2459051.8147917)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-21 07:33:17.856
Flux: 18.68 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-18 09:05:59
Limiting flux: 20.451 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/2020pws