TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 72865 [ 2020TNSTR1700....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-06-06 03:22:30
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 2020lsx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abdtjyb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:36:19.493 (309.0812227) DEC = +12:46:03.43 (12.7676189)
Discovery date: 2020-06-01 09:37:26.400 (JD=2459001.901)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-06-01 09:37:26.400
Flux: 18.07 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-29 11:08:10
Limiting flux: 20.8 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020lsx