Discovery certificate for object 2020qok
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 78960 [ 2020TNSTR2349....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-31 11:02:54
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 2020qok
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abqzouu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:16:17.952 (34.0747988) DEC = -12:06:26.97 (-12.1074903)
Discovery date: 2020-07-26 10:35:50.784 (JD=2459056.9415625)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-26 10:35:50.784
Flux: 19.04 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2020qok