Discovery certificate for object 2020qey
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 78532 [ 2020TNSTR2256....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-24 11:01:09
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: SN 2020qey
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abmsxxr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:13:51.583 (18.46492944) DEC = -06:21:31.44 (-6.35873386)
Discovery date: 2020-07-18 10:05:09.600 (JD=2459048.9202546)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-18 10:05:09.600
Flux: 20.37 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020qey