TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 69956 [ 2020TNSTR1247....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-06 22:07:46
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 2020jgb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aayhacx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:53:12.651 (268.3027122) DEC = -00:51:21.81 (-0.8560581)
Discovery date: 2020-05-03 11:06:43.200 (JD=2458972.963)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-03 11:06:43.200
Flux: 19.86 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-27 11:26:53
Limiting flux: 20.7 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/2020jgb