TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307936 [ 2026TNSTR2431....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-10 09:46:30
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Yogesh Wagh (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020afjs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abjjzvs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:16:36.107 (229.1504458) DEC = +76:17:22.50 (76.2895837)
Discovery date: 2020-07-11 07:51:14.002 (JD=2459041.8272454)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-11 07:51:14.002
Flux: 19.7717 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-11 07:27:26
Limiting flux: 19.9504 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/2020afjs