TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 78749 [ 2020TNSTR2310....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-28 08:58:07
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 2020qjy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aboytzr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:32:43.148 (233.1797835) DEC = +27:31:18.68 (27.5218544)
Discovery date: 2020-07-27 04:11:59.000 (JD=2459057.6749884)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-27 04:11:59.000
Flux: 19.03 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-22 07:00:29
Limiting flux: 20.56 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/2020qjy