TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77759 [ 2020TNSTR2178....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-18 04:23:29
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: SN 2020pow
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abkgypx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:44:24.626 (281.1026081) DEC = +22:13:05.91 (22.2183084)
Discovery date: 2020-07-10 07:59:31.200 (JD=2459040.833)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-10 07:59:31.200
Flux: 20.26 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-08 08:36:58
Limiting flux: 20.17 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/2020pow