TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 90882 [ 2020TNSTR3585....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-27 20:00:30
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_CLU_PUBLIC
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K. De (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020abbm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acggqsg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:30:17.630 (217.5734581) DEC = +40:44:16.78 (40.7379953)
Discovery date: 2020-11-27 13:17:32.640 (JD=2459181.05385)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-27 13:17:32.640
Flux: 18.4418 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-31 12:00:00
Limiting flux: 20.5 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/2020abbm