Discovery certificate for object 2020zgy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88859 [ 2020TNSTR3429....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-12 13:03:31
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 2020zgy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acoxcxx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:52:26.646 (148.1110256) DEC = -03:41:22.88 (-3.68968875)
Discovery date: 2020-11-12 11:29:48.192 (JD=2459165.9790278)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-12 11:29:48.192
Flux: 19.25 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-30 13:01:21
Limiting flux: 19.7373 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/2020zgy