TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 93007 [ 2020TNSTR3809....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-16 03:58:29
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 2020acuu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acrdnxj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:06:06.160 (316.52566806667) DEC = +15:27:42.00 (15.461665522222)
Discovery date: 2020-12-16 03:42:21.888 (JD=2459199.6544213)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-16 03:42:21.888
Flux: 17.44 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-16 02:55:57
Limiting flux: 19.628 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/2020acuu