TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 116255 [ 2021TNSTR2339....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-07-06 06:41:14
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 2021sfj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21abjtncs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:49:19.385 (207.3307703) DEC = -10:17:16.33 (-10.2878698)
Discovery date: 2021-07-04 05:45:36.000 (JD=2459399.74)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-07-04 05:45:36.000
Flux: 19.62 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-06-30 05:34:05
Limiting flux: 19.71 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/2021sfj