TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 95558 [ 2021TNSTR..48....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-01-05 20:01:57
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: SN 2021gl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aaagzee
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:57:37.578 (164.4065731) DEC = -07:28:28.47 (-7.4745753)
Discovery date: 2021-01-02 09:43:12.000 (JD=2459216.905)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-01-02 09:43:12.000
Flux: 18.73 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-12-27 10:10:34
Limiting flux: 18.69 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/2021gl