Discovery certificate for object 2020pwv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 78139 [ 2020TNSTR2217....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-21 10:50:19
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 2020pwv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abmrtsx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:14:07.596 (348.53165086667) DEC = -19:30:06.52 (-19.501810966667)
Discovery date: 2020-07-18 09:35:35.808 (JD=2459048.8997222)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-18 09:35:35.808
Flux: 19.62 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-15 10:39:55
Limiting flux: 20.3123 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/2020pwv