Discovery certificate for object 2020udq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 83164 [ 2020TNSTR2937....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-25 08:39:15
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 2020udq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abnzucj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:43:12.900 (40.803751075) DEC = +33:33:09.04 (33.552509875)
Discovery date: 2020-09-24 12:13:03.648 (JD=2459117.0090741)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-24 12:13:03.648
Flux: 20.16 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-24 09:36:25
Limiting flux: 20.8069 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/2020udq