TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 137018 [ 2022TNSTR.407....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-02-15 22:54:33
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, A. Mourao, R. Dastidar, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, E. Camacho, J. Silva-Farfan, J. Arredondo, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Huijse, E. Reyes, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, C. Valenzuela, E. Castillo, D. Ruz-Mieres, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2022cou
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aaafbml
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:46:15.187 (191.5632807) DEC = +61:14:17.44 (61.238178)
Discovery date: 2022-02-12 11:11:45.004 (JD=2459622.9664931)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J124615.29+611417.1

Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier - see http://arxiv.org/abs/2008.03309 - and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF22aaafbml

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-02-12 11:11:45.004
Flux: 19.8833 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2022cou