TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 91754 [ 2020TNSTR3685....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-12-06 08:56:55
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

D. Duev (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF/Fritz report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020absz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acviwgj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:31:46.746 (97.9447744) DEC = -17:37:09.75 (-17.6193748)
Discovery date: 2020-12-06 08:06:26.784 (JD=2459189.83781)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-06 08:06:26.784
Flux: 19.2041 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-04 10:53:34
Limiting flux: 18.9628 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/2020absz