TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240816 [ 2025TNSTR.127....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-09 04:15:33
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2022aeyp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aacffrr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:09:42.673 (32.4278055) DEC = -10:11:02.30 (-10.1839726)
Discovery date: 2022-02-26 02:56:25.002 (JD=2459636.6225116)


Remarks: Bright (m_peak <= 18.5) transient candidate identified autonomously by BTSbot (Rehemtulla et al. 2024; arXiv:2401.15167).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-02-26 02:56:25.002
Flux: 18.4873 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-02-13 03:40:42
Limiting flux: 19.1089 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/2022aeyp