Discovery certificate for object 2020bav
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60118 [ 2020TNSTR.284....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-27 03:45:08
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 2020bav
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aavpqlh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:34:48.438 (353.70182302) DEC = +39:20:14.49 (39.33735701)
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 02:50:33.000 (JD=2458872.6184375)


Remarks: Known SDSS and/or MILLIQUAS QSO/AGN. . See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria..

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 02:50:33.000
Flux: 19.68 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-14 02:53:17
Limiting flux: 20.6049 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/2020bav