TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 95779 [ 2021TNSTR..73....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-01-07 00:00:11
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 2020aets
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20adafawd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:30:26.671 (127.6111276) DEC = -11:15:06.72 (-11.2518659)
Discovery date: 2020-12-27 09:10:04.800 (JD=2459210.882)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-27 09:10:04.800
Flux: 19.32 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-27 06:04:19
Limiting flux: 18.57 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/2020aets