TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60550 [ 2020TNSTR.330....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-30 12:29:35
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_AMPEL_NEW
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, M. Giomi, J. van Santen (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020bjy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aajcbhr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:00:24.883 (210.1036771625) DEC = +64:13:10.92 (64.219700275)
Discovery date: 2020-01-27 11:08:56.000 (JD=2458875.964537)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-27 11:08:56.000
Flux: 20.1 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-24 13:44:47
Limiting flux: 20.2079 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/2020bjy