TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80889 [ 2020TNSTR2642....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-28 23:12:23
Date made public:
Sender: Yuhan Yao
Reporting Group: None     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Igor Andreoni (Caltech), Anna Ho (UCB), Michael Coughlin (UMN), Eric Burns (LSU), Tomas Ahumada (UM), Erik Kool (OKC), Mansi Kasliwal (Caltech), Shreya Anand (Caltech), Yuhan Yao (Caltech), Dan Perley (LJMU), Ana Sagues Carracedo (OKC) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020sev
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abtxwfx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:41:21.212 (250.338384) DEC = +57:08:20.50 (57.139027)
Discovery date: 2020-08-18 05:19:32.160 (JD=2459079.7219)


Remarks: Fast optical transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-18 05:19:32.160
Flux: 19.27 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-17 06:44:30
Limiting flux: 20.7 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/2020sev