TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190672 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 21:47:29
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 2020affg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acbptqx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:24:25.442 (351.106007) DEC = +36:20:54.49 (36.3484691)
Discovery date: 2020-08-26 08:10:14.880 (JD=2459087.8404514)


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/ANT20205kf6a

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-26 08:10:14.880
Flux: 20.7992 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-25 08:09:18
Limiting flux: 20.7223 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/2020affg