Discovery certificate for object 2020uyk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 84068 [ 2020TNSTR3039....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-06 03:42:02
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 2020uyk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abdgwvs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:48:05.222 (267.02175672143) DEC = +23:29:16.82 (23.48800665)
Discovery date: 2020-10-01 02:39:22.752 (JD=2459123.6106829)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-01 02:39:22.752
Flux: 19.78 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-29 02:30:13
Limiting flux: 19.8391 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/2020uyk