TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 95387 [ 2021TNSTR..18....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-01-03 20:12:24
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, G. Pignata, E. Camacho, J. Silva-Farfan, A. Mourao, J. Arredondo, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Huijse, E. Reyes, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, C. Valenzuela, E. Castillo, D. Ruz-Mieres, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2021cd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aaaospk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:48:45.826 (222.1909427) DEC = +65:28:54.51 (65.48180945)
Discovery date: 2021-01-01 11:52:58.999 (JD=2459215.9951273)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J144845.12+652847.0

Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier - see http://arxiv.org/abs/2008.03309 - and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF21aaaospk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-01-01 11:52:58.999
Flux: 19.4429 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-01-01 11:51:35
Limiting flux: 19.0609 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2021cd