TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 70683 [ 2020TNSTR1342....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-14 14:10:27
Date made public:
Sender: Simeon Reusch
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

S. Reusch on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020jww
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aazpphd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:10:51.592 (242.7149675) DEC = +27:09:42.07 (27.161687)
Discovery date: 2020-05-14 10:48:07.776 (JD=2458983.9500926)

Host redshift: 0.04573


Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-14 10:48:07.776
Flux: 19.2493 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-12 07:07:26
Limiting flux: 20.5344 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/2020jww