TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61597 [ 2020TNSTR.461....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-12 06:24:57
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: SN 2020chi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aamnvij
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:38:05.607 (144.523364) DEC = +24:00:41.37 (24.01149225)
Discovery date: 2020-02-12 05:08:49.000 (JD=2458891.714456)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-12 05:08:49.000
Flux: 19.14 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-07 06:06:29
Limiting flux: 19.6159 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/2020chi