TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58689 [ 2020TNSTR.137....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-14 06:42:52
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 2020vt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aafemum
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:30:09.338 (112.538907) DEC = +19:51:37.81 (19.8605015)
Discovery date: 2020-01-14 03:34:01.000 (JD=2458862.6486227)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-14 03:34:01.000
Flux: 21.5658 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-12 06:35:30
Limiting flux: 19.0627 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/2020vt