TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88678 [ 2020TNSTR3408....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-10 16:30:34
Date made public:
Sender: REFITT_BOT
Reporting Group: REFITT     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K. E. Weil, D. Milisavljevic on behalf of REFITT report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020zct
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20acezhcf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:32:50.530 (98.210542) DEC = -12:23:00.56 (-12.3834884)
Discovery date: 2020-09-26 11:35:27.744 (JD=2459118.982963)

Potential host galaxy:

Remarks: Data were provided by the Zwicky Transient Facility (https://www.ztf.caltech.edu) and processed through the ANTARES (https://antares.noirlab.edu) broker.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-09-26 11:35:27.744
Flux: 19.8499 ABMag
Filter: g-PTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: The last non-detection was not released as part of the Zwicky Transient Facility public alert stream.

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