TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 81123 [ 2020TNSTR2700....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-09-02 16:53:20
Date made public:
Sender: Stefan Taubenberger
Reporting Group: HOLISMOKES     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

S. Taubenberger, S. H. Suyu, S. Schuldt, R. Cañameras, J. Bayer, S. Huber, U. Nöbauer, C. Vogl, A. Yıldırım (MPA/TUM Garching), D. Sluse (STAR Institute Liège), J. H. H. Chan, F. Courbin (EPFL Lausanne), M. Kromer (HITS Heidelberg), S. Sim (QUB Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020sjp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abvxhvg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:38:45.026 (354.687608) DEC = -13:21:29.90 (-13.358306)
Discovery date: 2020-08-12 09:02:10.000 (JD=2459073.8765046)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J233844.99-132131.8


Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-12 09:02:10.000
Flux: 20.022 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF.

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-25 10:01:48
Limiting flux: 20.506 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF. Last significant non-detection in g-ZTF.

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020sjp