Discovery certificate for object 2020bch
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60219 [ 2020TNSTR.284....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-27 12:45:35
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 2020bch
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acvwlrf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:50:16.246 (192.56769195) DEC = +04:57:45.09 (4.96252525)
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 12:29:44.000 (JD=2458851.0206481)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-02 12:29:44.000
Flux: 19.59 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-11 13:38:30
Limiting flux: 19.5873 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/2020bch