Discovery certificate for object 2021acf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 96548 [ 2021TNSTR.117....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-01-12 21:59:55
Sender: ZTF (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 2021acf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aaanzzg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:42:58.629 (130.7442865) DEC = -21:45:03.01 (-21.7508359)
Discovery date: 2021-01-03 09:34:33.600 (JD=2459217.899)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-01-03 09:34:33.600
Flux: 16.97 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-22 10:03:22
Limiting flux: 16.76 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/2021acf