TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 136147 [ 2022TNSTR.360....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-02-11 14:09:53
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: SN 2022byj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aaafbrd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:11:06.139 (197.7755774) DEC = -08:12:00.99 (-8.2002757)
Discovery date: 2022-02-11 10:32:09.600 (JD=2459621.939)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-02-11 10:32:09.600
Flux: 19.41 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/2022byj