TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 92707 [ 2020TNSTR3785....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-14 06:37:42
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: SN 2020acol
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acxkxxr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:23:58.293 (335.9928864) DEC = -04:04:20.08 (-4.0722444)
Discovery date: 2020-12-14 02:16:48.000 (JD=2459197.595)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-14 02:16:48.000
Flux: 19.06 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-11 03:05:46
Limiting flux: 19.96 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/2020acol