Discovery certificate for object 2020mqq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 74067 [ 2020TNSTR1812....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-15 08:24:12
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: AT 2020mqq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abffaub
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:58:21.458 (269.5894068) DEC = +21:08:44.80 (21.1457789)
Discovery date: 2020-06-15 07:27:21.024 (JD=2459015.8106597)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-15 07:27:21.024
Flux: 19.57 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-06-14 08:28:58
Limiting flux: 20.9244 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/2020mqq