TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 98669 [ 2021TNSTR.375....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-02-07 19:34:28
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, A. Munoz-Arancibia, G. Pignata, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, 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 2021cdp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aaihmky
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:18:51.167 (259.7131961) DEC = +27:52:05.25 (27.86812535)
Discovery date: 2021-02-07 12:47:39.002 (JD=2459253.0330903)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J171851.06+275205.2

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/ZTF21aaihmky

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-02-07 12:47:39.002
Flux: 20.8498 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-02-06 12:41:53
Limiting flux: 19.9882 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/2021cdp