TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190676 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 21:50:48
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 2020affj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20ackjgbt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:33:28.539 (323.3689129) DEC = +13:49:08.44 (13.8190098)
Discovery date: 2020-10-18 03:11:30.336 (JD=2459140.6329861)


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/ANT2020aej7udy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-18 03:11:30.336
Flux: 20.4536 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-16 04:59:33
Limiting flux: 20.3382 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/2020affj