Discovery certificate for object 2020qlf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 78802 [ 2020TNSTR2325....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-29 11:02:35
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 2020qlf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abfiotq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:08:04.057 (32.016902466667) DEC = +43:28:47.92 (43.479978266667)
Discovery date: 2020-07-27 11:51:40.608 (JD=2459057.9942245)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-27 11:51:40.608
Flux: 19.84 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-27 11:17:37
Limiting flux: 20.4073 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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