TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60828 [ 2020TNSTR.357....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-01 19:03:24
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 2020boy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aakwmxx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:52:20.221 (178.084255) DEC = +60:20:50.55 (60.3473752)
Discovery date: 2020-01-19 09:47:48.000 (JD=2458867.9081944)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-19 09:47:48.000
Flux: 20.0771 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-16 09:48:40
Limiting flux: 20.2657 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/2020boy