TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 165234 [ 2022TNSTR3387....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-11-21 22:24:16
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 2022abfj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22abvnquj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:45:59.295 (11.4970607) DEC = -09:10:54.94 (-9.1819275)
Discovery date: 2022-11-19 04:35:02.400 (JD=2459902.691)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-11-19 04:35:02.400
Flux: 20.23 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-11-17 05:35:31
Limiting flux: 19.53 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/2022abfj