Discovery certificate for object 2020xgi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 86441 [ 2020TNSTR3167....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-18 12:45:05
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 2020xgi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20achosqv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:54:07.187 (148.5299464) DEC = +26:28:48.33 (26.48009095)
Discovery date: 2020-10-14 12:07:09.408 (JD=2459137.0049653)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-14 12:07:09.408
Flux: 19.11 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020xgi