Discovery certificate for object 2020rqt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80326 [ 2020TNSTR2550....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-19 10:26:15
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 2020rqt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abraygp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:38:02.717 (354.511321175) DEC = +37:07:57.77 (37.13271345)
Discovery date: 2020-08-18 08:14:46.176 (JD=2459079.843588)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-18 08:14:46.176
Flux: 20.13 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-17 09:06:24
Limiting flux: 20.6586 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/2020rqt