TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190487 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 19:37:26
Date made public:
Sender: ANTARES_bot
Reporting Group: ANTARES     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Patrick Aleo (UIUC) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020afev
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acpgnmw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:10:08.091 (182.5337117) DEC = +46:06:39.21 (46.1108916)
Discovery date: 2020-11-06 11:54:41.184 (JD=2459159.9963079)


Remarks: Supernova candidate identified by the LAISS pipeline (Aleo et al. 2023, in prep), via an approximate nearest neighbors (ANNs) similarity search algorithm. See locus info at: https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2020aew2wtq

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-06 11:54:41.184
Flux: 20.0838 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-04 12:16:50
Limiting flux: 19.5188 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/2020afev