TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 123288 [ 2021TNSTR3167....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-09-13 02:16:46
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 2021ytw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21abzcqfe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:13:39.944 (78.4164318) DEC = -04:06:14.73 (-4.1040916)
Discovery date: 2021-09-03 11:08:09.600 (JD=2459460.964)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-09-03 11:08:09.600
Flux: 20.45 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-09-03 10:43:41
Limiting flux: 20.24 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/2021ytw