Discovery certificate for object 2020qts
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79228 [ 2020TNSTR2391....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-05 10:50:24
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 2020qts
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abqfgee
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:56:08.611 (44.03587735) DEC = +16:10:40.71 (16.1779747)
Discovery date: 2020-08-04 10:25:59.808 (JD=2459065.9347222)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-04 10:25:59.808
Flux: 18.95 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-01 11:55:44
Limiting flux: 20.1053 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/2020qts