TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62533 [ 2020TNSTR.598....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-22 22:40:36
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 2020dds
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aapdeap
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:24:02.361 (36.0098363) DEC = +37:51:21.10 (37.8558623)
Discovery date: 2020-02-20 02:51:21.000 (JD=2458899.6189931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-20 02:51:21.000
Flux: 17.67 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-17 04:17:45
Limiting flux: 20.31 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/2020dds