Discovery certificate for object 2020xyr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 87163 [ 2020TNSTR3210....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-22 11:45:54
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 2020xyr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acmtslm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:41:16.756 (85.319815325) DEC = -07:43:00.13 (-7.7167021)
Discovery date: 2020-10-20 10:31:10.848 (JD=2459142.9383218)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-20 10:31:10.848
Flux: 18.89 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-18 12:03:47
Limiting flux: 20.4069 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/2020xyr