TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 72473 [ 2020TNSTR1636....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-31 10:24:59
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_AMPEL_NEW
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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

IAU Designation: SN 2020lls
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abdnpdo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:10:21.514 (257.58964225) DEC = +24:26:14.03 (24.43722955)
Discovery date: 2020-05-31 06:01:27.264 (JD=2459000.7510069)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-31 06:01:27.264
Flux: 20.39 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-30 09:37:27
Limiting flux: 20.7063 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/2020lls