TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 120932 [ 2021TNSTR2862....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-08-19 11:00:23
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_CLU_PUBLIC
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K. De (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020aezg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abokuzr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:39:33.853 (9.8910547) DEC = +40:37:11.39 (40.6198316)
Discovery date: 2020-07-24 10:19:13.728 (JD=2459054.93002)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-24 10:19:13.728
Flux: 20.7609 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-23 11:53:59
Limiting flux: 20.4008 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/2020aezg