TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 138816 [ 2022TNSTR.597....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-03-03 00:22:09
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2020afbc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aaeidgu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:03:09.174 (150.7882243) DEC = +06:51:00.49 (6.8501358)
Discovery date: 2020-12-15 12:25:55.200 (JD=2459199.018)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-12-15 12:25:55.200
Flux: 20.72 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-15 10:35:02
Limiting flux: 20.22 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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