TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 100153 [ 2021TNSTR.561....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-02-22 07:59:45
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 2021dnf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aaloddc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:08:17.870 (272.0744592) DEC = +19:45:00.54 (19.750151)
Discovery date: 2021-02-18 11:55:40.800 (JD=2459263.997)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-02-18 11:55:40.800
Flux: 18.69 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-02-11 12:43:12
Limiting flux: 20.42 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/2021dnf