Discovery certificate for object 2020vvx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 84995 [ 2020TNSTR3095....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-12 06:44:00
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 2020vvx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acgyvis
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:59:49.663 (329.95692728) DEC = +15:32:39.60 (15.54433236)
Discovery date: 2020-10-09 06:10:15.168 (JD=2459131.7571181)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-09 06:10:15.168
Flux: 19.52 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-09 05:14:31
Limiting flux: 20.5483 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/2020vvx