TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58065 [ 2020TNSTR..62....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-06 15:10:15
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 2020lk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aavneoq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:33:53.043 (188.4710132) DEC = +21:31:08.44 (21.5190124)
Discovery date: 2020-01-01 12:04:34.000 (JD=2458850.0031829)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-01 12:04:34.000
Flux: 19.44 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-29 13:36:31
Limiting flux: 20.5352 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/2020lk