Discovery certificate for object 2020qtr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79227 [ 2020TNSTR2391....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-05 10:49:51
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 2020qtr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abpuyau
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:32:21.537 (53.089736233333) DEC = +38:07:10.57 (38.119602433333)
Discovery date: 2020-07-31 10:30:29.376 (JD=2459061.9378356)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-31 10:30:29.376
Flux: 19.89 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-27 11:11:19
Limiting flux: 20.3494 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/2020qtr