TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88409 [ 2020TNSTR3358....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-05 08:59:16
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 2020yxo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abrfccm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:47:27.121 (26.8630054) DEC = +00:58:03.50 (0.96763981666667)
Discovery date: 2020-11-01 07:25:16.608 (JD=2459154.8092245)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-01 07:25:16.608
Flux: 19.47 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-10-28 06:37:25
Limiting flux: 19.5128 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/2020yxo