Discovery certificate for object 2020vwq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 85037 [ 2020TNSTR3095....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-12 09:43:27
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 2020vwq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acbextw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:23:38.336 (20.90973196) DEC = -23:10:58.80 (-23.18300058)
Discovery date: 2020-10-12 07:31:56.640 (JD=2459134.8138542)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN. . See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria..

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-12 07:31:56.640
Flux: 19.36 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-08 10:04:28
Limiting flux: 19.8481 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/2020vwq