Discovery certificate for object 2020qjt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 78742 [ 2020TNSTR2298....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-27 15:02:15
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 2020qjt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abnukhq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:09:06.645 (2.2776869833333) DEC = +15:09:12.31 (15.15342)
Discovery date: 2020-07-22 10:03:45.792 (JD=2459052.9192824)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-22 10:03:45.792
Flux: 20.07 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-20 11:28:54
Limiting flux: 20.4472 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/2020qjt