Discovery certificate for object 2020dxy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 63461 [ 2020TNSTR.714....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-04 13:14:31
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 2020dxy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aasivbq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:25:04.806 (246.270023325) DEC = -03:10:43.27 (-3.178687)
Discovery date: 2020-02-21 13:03:54.432 (JD=2458901.044375)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-21 13:03:54.432
Flux: 19.5 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-13 13:07:16
Limiting flux: 19.6435 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/2020dxy