TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 122177 [ 2021TNSTR3023....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-09-03 05:52:57
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: AT 2021xrl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21abvdmyy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:37:57.272 (99.4886327) DEC = +22:34:08.43 (22.5690075)
Discovery date: 2021-08-25 11:51:21.600 (JD=2459451.994)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-08-25 11:51:21.600
Flux: 19.61 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: Non existent in SDSS/PS1

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2021xrl