TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 61777 [ 2020TNSTR.492....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-14 06:52:39
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 2020clw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aanaoyz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:38:22.584 (24.5940995) DEC = +23:22:56.12 (23.3822569)
Discovery date: 2020-02-14 02:39:50.000 (JD=2458893.6109954)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-14 02:39:50.000
Flux: 21.5 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/2020clw