TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 59884 [ 2020TNSTR.261....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-25 13:45:01
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_AMPEL_NEW
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: SN 2020aut
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaiftgi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:10:13.357 (212.5556545) DEC = -06:49:20.71 (-6.8224189)
Discovery date: 2020-01-25 12:30:49.000 (JD=2458874.021412)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-25 12:30:49.000
Flux: 18.78 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-04 12:31:53
Limiting flux: 20.1814 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/2020aut