TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 122679 [ 2021TNSTR3076....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-09-07 09:19:31
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_AMPEL_COMPLETE
Reporting Group: AMPEL     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, J. van Santen (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2021yei
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21abwqdzi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:21:37.718 (245.40715695714) DEC = +77:52:24.82 (77.873560242857)
Discovery date: 2021-09-01 05:14:33.216 (JD=2459458.7184375)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-09-01 05:14:33.216
Flux: 20.15 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-08-29 04:20:59
Limiting flux: 20.4743 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/2021yei