Discovery certificate for object 2020axi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 59977 [ 2020TNSTR.276....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-26 03:44:56
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 2020axi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acbumtn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:57:18.907 (29.328778928571) DEC = +21:53:43.60 (21.895444057143)
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 02:25:09.000 (JD=2458871.6007986)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-23 02:25:09.000
Flux: 19.89 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-19 02:06:11
Limiting flux: 19.5354 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/2020axi