Discovery certificate for object 2020qto
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79220 [ 2020TNSTR2391....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-05 06:50:20
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_AMPEL_NEW)
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 2020qto
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abqefja
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:43:40.542 (250.91892516667) DEC = +33:32:20.57 (33.539045966667)
Discovery date: 2020-08-05 04:27:12.384 (JD=2459066.6855556)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-05 04:27:12.384
Flux: 19.09 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-02 06:47:45
Limiting flux: 19.8317 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/2020qto