TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 82175 [ 2020TNSTR2803....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-15 12:34:10
Date made public:
Sender: Gattini_Bot
Reporting Group: Gattini     Discovery Data Source: Gattini

K. De, M. Hankins on behalf of the Palomar Gattini-IR collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019aafo
Discoverer internal name: PGIR20ekz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:38:35.102 (264.6462585) DEC = -25:19:02.87 (-25.3174637)
Discovery date: 2019-07-21 06:00:00.000 (JD=2458685.75)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-21 06:00:00.000
Flux: 9.481 ABMag
Filter: J-Bessel
Instrument: Gattini-camera
Telescope: Palomar Gattini-IR

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-07-08 07:12:00
Limiting flux: 12.799 ABMag
Filter: J-Bessel
Instrument: Gattini-camera
Telescope: Palomar Gattini-IR


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019aafo