TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 59020 [ 2020TNSTR.166....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-17 19:26:52
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 2020adr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aafksha
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:43:54.452 (205.9768828) DEC = +38:25:13.83 (38.4205071)
Discovery date: 2020-01-14 12:00:00.000 (JD=2458863)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-14 12:00:00.000
Flux: 20.04 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: DECAM
Telescope: CTIO - 4-m Victor M. Blanco Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-14 11:28:19
Limiting flux: 19.73 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: DECAM
Telescope: CTIO - 4-m Victor M. Blanco Telescope


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