TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 92774 [ 2020TNSTR3797....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-15 06:55:00
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 2020acpu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18acpuxbb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:21:03.331 (65.2638771) DEC = -10:40:37.26 (-10.67701558)
Discovery date: 2020-12-13 07:41:19.104 (JD=2459196.8203588)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-13 07:41:19.104
Flux: 18.65 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-13 06:47:01
Limiting flux: 19.6447 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/2020acpu