TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60348 [ 2020TNSTR.302....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-28 14:01:43
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 2020bey
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aajbfti
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:00:04.243 (135.0176802) DEC = +53:54:26.61 (53.9073926)
Discovery date: 2020-01-07 11:14:55.000 (JD=2458855.9686921)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-07 11:14:55.000
Flux: 20.4493 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-07 08:15:30
Limiting flux: 19.9483 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/2020bey