Discovery certificate for object 2020idk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 68739 [ 2020TNSTR1127....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-25 05:00:59
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 2020idk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aavdoqi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:21:10.940 (140.29558325) DEC = -08:18:18.96 (-8.3052658)
Discovery date: 2020-04-17 03:41:00.672 (JD=2458956.6534838)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-17 03:41:00.672
Flux: 18.95 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-01 04:01:49
Limiting flux: 19.9469 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/2020idk