Discovery certificate for object 2020pmf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 77664 [ 2020TNSTR2153....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-07-16 17:17:06
Sender: GOTO (GOTO_bot)
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

M. Kennedy, 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, T. Heikkilä, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020pmf
Discoverer internal name: GOTO20akm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:52:37.971 (13.158213) DEC = -09:13:34.09 (-9.226136)
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 04:06:16.128 (JD=2459046.671016)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-07-16 04:06:16.128
Flux: 18.7 ABMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-08 05:00:58
Limiting flux: 18.3 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/2020pmf