TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 71376 [ 2020TNSTR1426....1M ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-20 08:55:25
Sender: GOTO (GOTO_bot)
Reporting Group: GOTO Discovery Data Source: GOTO
T. Mong, D.Steeghs, D. K. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, D. Pollacco, E. Thrane, S. Poshyachinda, R. Kotak, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, K. Ulaczyk, J. Lyman, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, M. Kennedy, T. Heikkilä, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2020kni
Discoverer internal name: GOTO20rz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:20:15.735 (215.065562) DEC = -04:34:08.27 (-4.568963)
Discovery date: 2020-05-19 23:45:55.008 (JD=2458989.490217)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-19 23:45:55.008
Flux: 18.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-04 04:25:54
Limiting flux: 19.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020kni
Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-20 08:55:25
Sender: GOTO (GOTO_bot)
Reporting Group: GOTO Discovery Data Source: GOTO
T. Mong, D.Steeghs, D. K. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, D. Pollacco, E. Thrane, S. Poshyachinda, R. Kotak, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, K. Ulaczyk, J. Lyman, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, M. Kennedy, T. Heikkilä, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2020kni
Discoverer internal name: GOTO20rz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:20:15.735 (215.065562) DEC = -04:34:08.27 (-4.568963)
Discovery date: 2020-05-19 23:45:55.008 (JD=2458989.490217)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-19 23:45:55.008
Flux: 18.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-04 04:25:54
Limiting flux: 19.6 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020kni