TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61775 [ 2020TNSTR.492....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-14 06:52:06
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

I. Andreoni and D. Goldstein (Caltech) on behalf of the DECam-GROWTH team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020clu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aanaksk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:17:44.554 (19.4356399) DEC = +31:10:28.18 (31.1744954)
Discovery date: 2020-02-14 02:42:43.000 (JD=2458893.6129977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-14 02:42:43.000
Flux: 20.48 ABMag
Filter: g-Sloan
Instrument: DECAM
Telescope: CTIO - 4-m Victor M. Blanco Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: Non existent in SDSS/PS1

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020clu