TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 69290 [ 2020TNSTR1184....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-04-30 19:47:50
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 2020ipb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaxablt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:52:35.295 (163.14706436667) DEC = +25:07:05.04 (25.1180676)
Discovery date: 2020-04-26 05:49:38.784 (JD=2458965.7428125)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-04-26 05:49:38.784
Flux: 20.48 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-25 04:56:31
Limiting flux: 20.8116 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/2020ipb