TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 66090 [ 2020TNSTR.976....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-05 04:38:35
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019aacc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19aaumdqx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:45:00.701 (281.2529205) DEC = +16:33:46.97 (16.5630464)
Discovery date: 2019-05-09 09:31:40.800 (JD=2458612.897)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-09 09:31:40.800
Flux: 18.82 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-05-05 10:10:34
Limiting flux: 20.53 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/2019aacc