Discovery certificate for object 2020qyx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79473 [ 2020TNSTR2436....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-09 05:51:48
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 2020qyx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abpwpyg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:12:18.744 (243.07810155714) DEC = +27:28:19.86 (27.472182771429)
Discovery date: 2020-08-08 04:52:51.168 (JD=2459069.7033681)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-08 04:52:51.168
Flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-08 04:22:21
Limiting flux: 20.8601 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/2020qyx