TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 65171 [ 2020TNSTR.890....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-03-28 20:42:48
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: AT 2020fcv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aattnyx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:12:31.403 (213.1308438) DEC = +20:08:57.96 (20.1494322)
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 10:29:16.800 (JD=2458936.937)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-03-28 10:29:16.800
Flux: 19 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-06 12:10:05
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/2020fcv