TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 62179 [ 2020TNSTR.555....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-19 08:16:23
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 2020cvy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaophpu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:00:49.274 (120.20530915) DEC = +27:29:54.89 (27.4985812)
Discovery date: 2020-02-19 04:34:09.000 (JD=2458898.6903935)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-02-19 04:34:09.000
Flux: 19.16 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-02-16 04:49:50
Limiting flux: 20.5948 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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