TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 70319 [ 2020TNSTR1309....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-11 06:01:15
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_CLU_PUBLIC
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K. De (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020jns
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaywban
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:13:54.123 (183.4755141) DEC = +55:54:59.87 (55.9166315)
Discovery date: 2020-05-11 04:47:16.800 (JD=2458980.6995)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-11 04:47:16.800
Flux: 19.3566 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-08 05:10:11
Limiting flux: 18.1231 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/2020jns