Discovery certificate for object 2020xkh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 86589 [ 2020TNSTR3179....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-19 04:45:08
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 2020xkh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20ackacxm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:55:55.182 (298.9799264) DEC = -10:49:47.08 (-10.82974335)
Discovery date: 2020-10-17 04:30:11.232 (JD=2459139.6876273)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-17 04:30:11.232
Flux: 19.51 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-17 03:26:43
Limiting flux: 20.172 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/2020xkh