TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62104 [ 2020TNSTR.542....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-18 03:01:08
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: SN 2020cuj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaoffej
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:34:00.518 (68.5021586) DEC = -08:34:43.49 (-8.5787472)
Discovery date: 2020-02-12 03:06:02.000 (JD=2458891.6291898)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-12 03:06:02.000
Flux: 20.0843 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-06 03:49:58
Limiting flux: 18.9708 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/2020cuj