TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 70691 [ 2020TNSTR1344....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-14 14:55:15
Date made public:
Sender: Simeon Reusch
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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

IAU Designation: AT 2020jxa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aazppnv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:52:34.529 (238.1438691) DEC = +25:34:35.38 (25.5764946)
Discovery date: 2020-05-14 10:48:07.776 (JD=2458983.9500926)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-14 10:48:07.776
Flux: 21.6449 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: 20.5838 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/2020jxa