TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77618 [ 2020TNSTR2157....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-16 11:41:13
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 2020plo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20ablyczu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:44:20.172 (11.0840487) DEC = +41:34:08.02 (41.568894033333)
Discovery date: 2020-07-15 11:42:31.104 (JD=2459045.9878588)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-15 11:42:31.104
Flux: 20.24 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-15 08:46:17
Limiting flux: 20.7721 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/2020plo