TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 102657 [ 2021TNSTR.792....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-03-17 16:00:52
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_CLU_PUBLIC
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K. De (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2021fxv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aapfewo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:06:12.038 (166.5501584) DEC = -03:48:44.27 (-3.8122966)
Discovery date: 2021-03-07 07:06:17.856 (JD=2459280.79604)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-03-07 07:06:17.856
Flux: 20.2403 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-03-03 08:09:28
Limiting flux: 19.7436 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/2021fxv