TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 70693 [ 2020TNSTR1344....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-14 14:59:51
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 2020jxc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aazptnn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:49:11.215 (237.2967278) DEC = +47:16:19.03 (47.271954)
Discovery date: 2020-05-14 10:37:43.968 (JD=2458983.9428704)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-14 10:37:43.968
Flux: 21.9537 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-12 07:24:05
Limiting flux: 20.4972 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/2020jxc