Discovery certificate for object 2020xys
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 87164 [ 2020TNSTR3210....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-22 12:46:12
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 2020xys
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aaabvzh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:29:56.855 (97.48689735) DEC = -26:58:31.91 (-26.975529425)
Discovery date: 2020-10-17 11:31:45.696 (JD=2459139.9803935)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-17 11:31:45.696
Flux: 17.64 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-19 09:05:23
Limiting flux: 19.6086 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/2020xys