TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60480 [ 2020TNSTR.316....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-29 16:01:38
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_CLU_PUBLIC
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K. De (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020bie
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aajluqp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:48:14.055 (87.0585618) DEC = -26:00:18.75 (-26.0052086)
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 06:04:01.000 (JD=2458872.7527894)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-24 06:04:01.000
Flux: 20.2582 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-24 05:01:23
Limiting flux: 20.2271 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/2020bie