TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 80200 [ 2020TNSTR2520....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-08-17 08:04:18
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 2020rmn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abrgzfn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:59:01.802 (314.75750647273) DEC = +18:46:15.67 (18.771020672727)
Discovery date: 2020-08-08 05:48:52.128 (JD=2459069.7422685)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-08 05:48:52.128
Flux: 20.2 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-07 08:43:17
Limiting flux: 20.2097 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/2020rmn