TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 190677 [ 2023TNSTR2575....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-13 21:51:14
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 2020affk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acmsesb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:04:34.141 (61.1422538) DEC = -11:54:19.15 (-11.9053186)
Discovery date: 2020-10-21 08:28:53.760 (JD=2459143.8534028)


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/ANT2020aex6veq

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-21 08:28:53.760
Flux: 20.9788 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-19 09:43:33
Limiting flux: 20.6158 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/2020affk