TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 68766 [ 2020TNSTR1127....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-25 10:01:29
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: AT 2020ids
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19abbzdgc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:11:08.869 (242.786956) DEC = -23:08:29.53 (-23.1415365)
Discovery date: 2020-04-25 09:01:14.304 (JD=2458964.8758565)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-25 09:01:14.304
Flux: 18.76 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

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