Discovery certificate for object 2020zqk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 89228 [ 2020TNSTR3457....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-15 05:01:59
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 2020zqk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acpojyd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:19:07.489 (334.7812058) DEC = -12:21:39.79 (-12.361051633333)
Discovery date: 2020-11-14 04:30:31.968 (JD=2459167.6878704)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-14 04:30:31.968
Flux: 19.83 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-12 03:36:05
Limiting flux: 20.4907 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/2020zqk