TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60083 [ 2020TNSTR.277....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-26 22:01:29
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_CLU_PUBLIC
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K. De (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020bac
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaiswkz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:48:03.425 (162.0142704) DEC = +40:46:16.13 (40.7711486)
Discovery date: 2020-01-04 10:53:02.000 (JD=2458852.9534954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-04 10:53:02.000
Flux: 20.2421 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-04 10:39:38
Limiting flux: 20.6783 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/2020bac