TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 65170 [ 2020TNSTR.890....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-28 20:42:01
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020fcu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aattoch
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:24:08.921 (216.0371693) DEC = +12:15:31.37 (12.2587145)
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 10:30:43.200 (JD=2458936.938)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 10:30:43.200
Flux: 17.18 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-06 12:07:12
Limiting flux: 20.62 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/2020fcu