TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 65767 [ 2020TNSTR.944....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-02 02:26:55
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 2020fro
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aatvxow
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:19:45.620 (124.9400815) DEC = +30:55:42.34 (30.9284269)
Discovery date: 2020-04-01 03:46:04.800 (JD=2458940.657)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-01 03:46:04.800
Flux: 18.78 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-09 05:29:46
Limiting flux: 17.82 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/2020fro