TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190675 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 21:50:12
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 2020affi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acipeqz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:22:24.641 (305.6026709) DEC = +81:24:51.42 (81.414284)
Discovery date: 2020-10-09 05:51:42.336 (JD=2459131.7442361)


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/ANT2020aega2qy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-09 05:51:42.336
Flux: 20.0773 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-07 07:43:31
Limiting flux: 19.7796 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/2020affi