TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60106 [ 2020TNSTR.284....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-27 02:45:06
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2020bar
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aahiqhw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:17:53.081 (19.4711716) DEC = -13:09:19.95 (-13.155540466667)
Discovery date: 2020-01-15 02:58:35.000 (JD=2458863.6240162)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-15 02:58:35.000
Flux: 20.26 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-15 02:02:43
Limiting flux: 19.9398 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/2020bar