TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 58813 [ 2020TNSTR.149....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-01-15 03:35:23
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_AMPEL_NEW
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, M. Giomi, J. van Santen (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020xz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaflndh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:22:38.139 (20.6589107) DEC = -06:49:34.19 (-6.82616475)
Discovery date: 2020-01-15 02:02:43.000 (JD=2458863.5852315)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-15 02:02:43.000
Flux: 19.17 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

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