Discovery certificate for object 2020abqo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 91665 [ 2020TNSTR3676....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-05 13:38:47
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: SN 2020abqo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acuowxj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:57:01.950 (194.2581232) DEC = +09:31:10.43 (9.5195627)
Discovery date: 2020-12-05 12:18:46.656 (JD=2459189.013044)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-05 12:18:46.656
Flux: 18.77 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-24 12:39:18
Limiting flux: 20.0753 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/2020abqo