Discovery certificate for object 2020bqi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60894 [ 2020TNSTR.367....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-02 12:30:43
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: SN 2020bqi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaknzba
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:01:33.963 (210.3915145) DEC = +23:51:00.98 (23.85027085)
Discovery date: 2020-01-30 12:05:07.000 (JD=2458879.0035648)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-30 12:05:07.000
Flux: 19.89 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-27 11:56:45
Limiting flux: 20.7219 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/2020bqi