TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60822 [ 2020TNSTR.356....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-01 13:30:05
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: AT 2020bos
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aajvnji
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:11:39.608 (212.91503525) DEC = -03:42:14.61 (-3.70405845)
Discovery date: 2020-01-28 12:32:36.000 (JD=2458877.0226389)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-28 12:32:36.000
Flux: 20.24 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-25 13:06:14
Limiting flux: 20.5387 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020bos