Discovery certificate for object 2020qyy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79474 [ 2020TNSTR2436....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-09 05:51:48
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: SN 2020qyy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abqgbum
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:55:53.010 (238.97087318333) DEC = +36:24:35.43 (36.4098406)
Discovery date: 2020-08-06 04:17:36.096 (JD=2459067.6788889)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-06 04:17:36.096
Flux: 19.69 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-05 05:25:25
Limiting flux: 19.8828 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/2020qyy