TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 147655 [ 2022TNSTR1370....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-05-21 14:10:50
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 2020afcb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20abwyrwq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:46:03.814 (356.5158927) DEC = +36:46:39.31 (36.7775868)
Discovery date: 2020-08-10 11:22:33.600 (JD=2459071.974)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-08-10 11:22:33.600
Flux: 20.66 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-08-10 10:23:31
Limiting flux: 20.35 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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