Discovery certificate for object 2020agq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 59181 [ 2020TNSTR.187....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-19 11:36:47
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_NEW)
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 2020agq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aaritlw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:07:22.136 (196.84223256667) DEC = +57:43:06.72 (57.718533066667)
Discovery date: 2020-01-18 13:18:15.000 (JD=2458867.0543519)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-18 13:18:15.000
Flux: 17.45 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-14 11:40:51
Limiting flux: 19.713 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/2020agq