TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 92538 [ 2020TNSTR3768....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-12 04:54:36
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, M. Giomi, J. van Santen (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020acki
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acejejm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:25:05.394 (21.2724738) DEC = -14:21:19.67 (-14.35546445)
Discovery date: 2020-12-12 04:02:49.632 (JD=2459195.6686343)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-12 04:02:49.632
Flux: 19.29 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-10 05:55:54
Limiting flux: 19.9672 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/2020acki