TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 90907 [ 2020TNSTR3593....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-28 13:19:35
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE
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: SN 2020abbw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20actvgjx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:31:03.396 (142.764148825) DEC = +23:53:06.43 (23.885118775)
Discovery date: 2020-11-28 11:27:44.640 (JD=2459181.9776042)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-28 11:27:44.640
Flux: 19.47 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-11-26 12:16:03
Limiting flux: 20.3687 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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