TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 97026 [ 2021TNSTR.168....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-01-16 20:36:20
Date made public:
Sender: Anna Ho
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Anna Y. Q. Ho (UC Berkeley), D. A. Perley (LJMU), Y. Yao (Caltech), I. Andreoni (Caltech), on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2021any
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:15:15.338 (123.813909) DEC = -05:52:01.23 (-5.867007)
Discovery date: 2021-01-16 06:59:45.600 (JD=2459230.7915)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-01-16 06:59:45.600
Flux: 17.9 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-01-16 06:39:27
Limiting flux: 20.28 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/2021any