TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88009 [ 2020TNSTR3325....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-01 07:58:15
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 2020ypm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20ackpjmb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:57:38.788 (29.411618628571) DEC = -05:57:34.49 (-5.9595817)
Discovery date: 2020-10-18 07:16:18.336 (JD=2459140.8029861)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-18 07:16:18.336
Flux: 20.47 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-16 08:39:41
Limiting flux: 20.3514 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/2020ypm