TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80863 [ 2020TNSTR2647....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-28 19:01:24
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 2020sdy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abxkvmw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:57:50.732 (44.4613852) DEC = +42:15:42.27 (42.261742)
Discovery date: 2020-08-20 11:24:00.000 (JD=2459081.975)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-20 11:24:00.000
Flux: 20.8253 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-20 10:59:23
Limiting flux: 20.6026 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/2020sdy