TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77854 [ 2020TNSTR2190....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-19 10:41:55
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 2020pra
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abtgidi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:47:32.243 (41.8843479) DEC = +36:49:37.63 (36.8271181)
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 11:23:32.352 (JD=2459046.9746759)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 11:23:32.352
Flux: 19.47 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-16 11:22:52
Limiting flux: 20.3845 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/2020pra