Discovery certificate for object 2020dij
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62757 [ 2020TNSTR.624....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-25 11:22:33
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 2020dij
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaqtebg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:18:54.247 (214.72603015) DEC = +26:35:39.85 (26.5944023)
Discovery date: 2020-02-24 11:57:32.256 (JD=2458903.998287)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-24 11:57:32.256
Flux: 18.99 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-22 10:29:10
Limiting flux: 20.3179 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/2020dij