TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 102973 [ 2021TNSTR.825....1P ]
Date Received (UTC): 2021-03-19 12:14:07
Sender: Dr. Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
I. Perez-Fournon, C. Jimenez Angel, F. Poidevin (IAC & ULL), R. Shirley (Univ. of Southampton), R. Marques-Chaves (Univ. of Geneva), S. Geier (GRANTECAN & IAC), Y. Shu (MPA), S. Rodney, J. Roberts-Pierel (Univ. of South Carolina), A. Bolton (NSF's NOIRLab), S. Chakrabarti, P. Craig, and B. Alamiri (RIT) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2021gft
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aapzgtu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:04:58.542 (151.243925) DEC = -18:22:47.46 (-18.37985)
Discovery date: 2021-03-17 06:03:29.000 (JD=2459290.752419)
Remarks: Data were provided by the Zwicky Transient Facility (https://www.ztf.caltech.edu) and processed through the Lasair (https://lasair.roe.ac.uk), ALeRCE (https://alerce.online), ANTARES (https://antares.noirlab.edu), and MARS (https://mars.lco.global) brokers and our SGLF ZTF database and filters.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-03-17 06:03:29.000
Flux: 20.519 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-03-07 06:57:18
Limiting flux: 20.399 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/2021gft
Date Received (UTC): 2021-03-19 12:14:07
Sender: Dr. Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
I. Perez-Fournon, C. Jimenez Angel, F. Poidevin (IAC & ULL), R. Shirley (Univ. of Southampton), R. Marques-Chaves (Univ. of Geneva), S. Geier (GRANTECAN & IAC), Y. Shu (MPA), S. Rodney, J. Roberts-Pierel (Univ. of South Carolina), A. Bolton (NSF's NOIRLab), S. Chakrabarti, P. Craig, and B. Alamiri (RIT) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2021gft
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aapzgtu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:04:58.542 (151.243925) DEC = -18:22:47.46 (-18.37985)
Discovery date: 2021-03-17 06:03:29.000 (JD=2459290.752419)
Remarks: Data were provided by the Zwicky Transient Facility (https://www.ztf.caltech.edu) and processed through the Lasair (https://lasair.roe.ac.uk), ALeRCE (https://alerce.online), ANTARES (https://antares.noirlab.edu), and MARS (https://mars.lco.global) brokers and our SGLF ZTF database and filters.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-03-17 06:03:29.000
Flux: 20.519 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-03-07 06:57:18
Limiting flux: 20.399 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/2021gft