TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 95432 [ 2021TNSTR..24....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-01-03 22:01:47
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: AT 2020aetb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acwrwpy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:48:40.116 (342.1671497) DEC = +26:35:32.36 (26.5923232)
Discovery date: 2020-12-06 03:17:16.800 (JD=2459189.637)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-06 03:17:16.800
Flux: 20.72 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-05 03:43:12
Limiting flux: 20.34 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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