TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 91636 [ 2020TNSTR3675....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-05 08:23:19
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

D. Duev (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF/Fritz report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020abqa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acvcnki
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:14:39.682 (48.6653412) DEC = +25:34:26.63 (25.5740646)
Discovery date: 2020-12-01 06:37:10.848 (JD=2459184.77582)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-01 06:37:10.848
Flux: 19.4638 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-01 05:23:47
Limiting flux: 19.3578 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/2020abqa