TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 76493 [ 2020TNSTR2113....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-12 10:40:57
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_AMPEL_NEW
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, M. Giomi, J. van Santen (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020ool
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20ablatue
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:55:27.290 (313.86370945) DEC = -08:15:18.96 (-8.25526685)
Discovery date: 2020-07-12 08:32:26.304 (JD=2459042.8558565)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-12 08:32:26.304
Flux: 17.76 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-09 08:24:56
Limiting flux: 19.6532 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/2020ool