Discovery certificate for object 2020qps
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79032 [ 2020TNSTR2359....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-01 12:04:32
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 2020qps
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abpxtaz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:56:12.733 (14.053054433333) DEC = -00:35:48.04 (-0.59667686666667)
Discovery date: 2020-08-01 09:32:11.040 (JD=2459062.8973495)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-01 09:32:11.040
Flux: 19.17 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-31 09:30:01
Limiting flux: 20.2236 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/2020qps