TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190669 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 21:46:28
Date made public:
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Reporting Group: ANTARES     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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

IAU Designation: AT 2020afff
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abztvjb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:58:52.810 (89.7200399) DEC = +70:01:34.80 (70.026334)
Discovery date: 2020-09-02 10:19:41.376 (JD=2459094.9303356)


Remarks: Supernova candidate identified by the LAISS pipeline (Aleo et al. 2023, in prep), via an exhaustive search. See locus info at: https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT202033kfk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-02 10:19:41.376
Flux: 19.766 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-31 11:34:46
Limiting flux: 20.0911 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/2020afff