TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 162041 [ 2022TNSTR3033....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-10-18 17:16:57
Date made public:
Sender: SNAD_bot
Reporting Group: SNAD     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Patrick Aleo (UIUC) on behalf of the SNAD team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019aaqb
Discoverer internal name: SNAD202
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:19:26.712 (259.8613) DEC = +28:07:30.76 (28.12521)
Discovery date: 2019-05-13 11:01:14.880 (JD=2458616.9591957)


Remarks: Transient identified by SNAD Miner (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.11555.pdf). See more info at: https://ztf.snad.space/view/634113400006044

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-13 11:01:14.880
Flux: 20.8 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: For the first photometric point reference magnitude is 20.8 mag. ZTF DR OID 634113400006044 (zg). No ZTF Alert ID found.

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019aaqb