TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58884 [ 2020TNSTR.158....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-16 05:35:54
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: SN 2020zu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aafxftu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:32:24.832 (83.10346855) DEC = -27:24:38.13 (-27.41059115)
Discovery date: 2020-01-16 04:32:02.000 (JD=2458864.6889236)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-16 04:32:02.000
Flux: 18.02 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020zu