TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 78217 [ 2020TNSTR2218....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-21 17:00:45
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_CLU_PUBLIC
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K. De (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020pyq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abmdoxf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:48:30.218 (42.1259087) DEC = +39:12:54.42 (39.2151178)
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 10:49:09.120 (JD=2459046.9508)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 10:49:09.120
Flux: 19.9037 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-10 11:20:07
Limiting flux: 19.8274 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/2020pyq