Discovery certificate for object 2020xks
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 86609 [ 2020TNSTR3179....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-19 12:45:38
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 2020xks
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aciudwb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:34:13.328 (128.55553146) DEC = +16:52:13.84 (16.87051008)
Discovery date: 2020-10-19 11:23:55.680 (JD=2459141.9749537)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-19 11:23:55.680
Flux: 19.33 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-17 10:55:13
Limiting flux: 20.0438 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020xks