TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 79641 [ 2020TNSTR2455....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-11 15:56:44
Date made public:
Sender: Steve Schulze
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nora Linn Strothjohann (WIS) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020rcq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abqvsik
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:57:14.680 (179.311167) DEC = +49:17:32.00 (49.292222)
Discovery date: 2020-08-09 04:01:29.280 (JD=2459070.6677)

Potential host galaxy: UGC 06930
Host redshift: 0.002592


Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-09 04:01:29.280
Flux: 18.43 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-07 04:11:25
Limiting flux: 19.65 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/2020rcq