TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60669 [ 2020TNSTR.328....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-30 23:21:47
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020blu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aahklzo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:25:37.301 (126.4054206) DEC = -16:54:04.34 (-16.9012055)
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 06:00:00.000 (JD=2458872.75)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 06:00:00.000
Flux: 16.18 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-16 07:35:02
Limiting flux: 20.2 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/2020blu