TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58976 [ 2020TNSTR.166....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-17 06:27:22
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

I. Andreoni and D. Goldstein (Caltech) on behalf of the DECam-GROWTH team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020ach
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aafeaxv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:12:02.808 (108.0116987) DEC = +15:11:55.51 (15.198752)
Discovery date: 2020-01-14 03:38:52.000 (JD=2458862.6519907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-14 03:38:52.000
Flux: 20.74 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: DECAM
Telescope: CTIO - 4-m Victor M. Blanco Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: Non existent in SDSS/PS1

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