TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 86689 [ 2020TNSTR3178....1P ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-19 22:07:09
Date made public:
Sender: Daniel Perley
Reporting Group: ZTF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
Daniel Perley (LJMU), Anna Ho (UC Berkeley), Yuhan Yao (Caltech) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2020xnd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acigmel
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:20:02.030 (335.008458) DEC = -02:50:25.30 (-2.840361)
Discovery date: 2020-10-12 04:06:03.168 (JD=2459134.6708681)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-12 04:06:03.168
Flux: 20.5 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Limit is 5-sigma. Detection confirmed in subsequent observations.
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-08 05:38:24
Limiting flux: 20.45 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/2020xnd
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-19 22:07:09
Date made public:
Sender: Daniel Perley
Reporting Group: ZTF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
Daniel Perley (LJMU), Anna Ho (UC Berkeley), Yuhan Yao (Caltech) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2020xnd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acigmel
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:20:02.030 (335.008458) DEC = -02:50:25.30 (-2.840361)
Discovery date: 2020-10-12 04:06:03.168 (JD=2459134.6708681)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-12 04:06:03.168
Flux: 20.5 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Limit is 5-sigma. Detection confirmed in subsequent observations.
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-08 05:38:24
Limiting flux: 20.45 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/2020xnd