TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60528 [ 2020TNSTR.330....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-30 09:29:32
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 2020bjg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aakbtyz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:42:19.003 (175.57917723333) DEC = +44:57:43.33 (44.962035733333)
Discovery date: 2020-01-30 08:17:32.000 (JD=2458878.8455093)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-30 08:17:32.000
Flux: 19.74 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-27 12:23:05
Limiting flux: 20.6148 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/2020bjg