TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71856 [ 2020TNSTR1545....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-24 19:43:33
Date made public:
Sender: Anna Ho
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Anna Ho (Caltech), Yuhan Yao (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020kym
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abbiixp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:12:10.329 (213.043037) DEC = +60:54:19.04 (60.905288)
Discovery date: 2020-05-24 06:52:07.680 (JD=2458993.7862)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-24 06:52:07.680
Flux: 17.35 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-23 10:37:21
Limiting flux: 20.51 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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