TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 70720 [ 2020TNSTR1339....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-14 21:02:52
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: AT 2020jxt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaznrsd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:34:48.764 (278.7031851) DEC = +07:23:06.35 (7.3850968)
Discovery date: 2020-05-12 07:39:21.600 (JD=2458981.819)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-12 07:39:21.600
Flux: 18.74 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-09 09:44:38
Limiting flux: 19.21 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/2020jxt