TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77938 [ 2020TNSTR2188....1S ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-19 23:36:12
Sender: Dr. Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
R. Shirley (Univ. of Southampton), I. Perez-Fournon, C. Jimenez Angel, F. Poidevin (IAC & ULL), R. Marques-Chaves (CAB), S. Geier (GRANTECAN & IAC), Y. Shu (IoA), S. Rodney, J. Roberts-Pierel (Univ. of South Carolina), A. Bolton (NSF's NOIRLab), S. Chakrabarti, P. Craig, and B. Alamiri (RIT) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2020psv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abmdfcy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:21:17.967 (5.324863) DEC = +21:04:15.88 (21.071078)
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 10:37:02.000 (JD=2459046.9423843)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J002118.18+210414.2
Host redshift: 0.0934577
Remarks: Data were provided by the Zwicky Transient Facility (https://www.ztf.caltech.edu) and processed through the Lasair (https://lasair.roe.ac.uk), ALeRCE (https://alerce.online), ANTARES (https://antares.noirlab.edu), and MARS (https://mars.lco.global) brokers.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 10:37:02.000
Flux: 20.614 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-13 11:03:36
Limiting flux: 20.348 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/2020psv
Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-19 23:36:12
Sender: Dr. Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
R. Shirley (Univ. of Southampton), I. Perez-Fournon, C. Jimenez Angel, F. Poidevin (IAC & ULL), R. Marques-Chaves (CAB), S. Geier (GRANTECAN & IAC), Y. Shu (IoA), S. Rodney, J. Roberts-Pierel (Univ. of South Carolina), A. Bolton (NSF's NOIRLab), S. Chakrabarti, P. Craig, and B. Alamiri (RIT) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2020psv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abmdfcy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:21:17.967 (5.324863) DEC = +21:04:15.88 (21.071078)
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 10:37:02.000 (JD=2459046.9423843)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J002118.18+210414.2
Host redshift: 0.0934577
Remarks: Data were provided by the Zwicky Transient Facility (https://www.ztf.caltech.edu) and processed through the Lasair (https://lasair.roe.ac.uk), ALeRCE (https://alerce.online), ANTARES (https://antares.noirlab.edu), and MARS (https://mars.lco.global) brokers.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 10:37:02.000
Flux: 20.614 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-13 11:03:36
Limiting flux: 20.348 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/2020psv