TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 91148 [ 2020TNSTR3612....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-30 03:41:49
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020abfc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acstglw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:40:32.619 (55.1359119) DEC = -26:52:25.35 (-26.8737096)
Discovery date: 2020-11-21 07:35:02.400 (JD=2459174.816)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-21 07:35:02.400
Flux: 18.48 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-19 07:03:22
Limiting flux: 20.09 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/2020abfc