TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 137175 [ 2022TNSTR.434....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-02-18 15:25:45
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 2022crl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aaajuwn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:39:28.737 (249.86973541667) DEC = +37:13:14.31 (37.22064115)
Discovery date: 2022-02-13 09:55:08.999 (JD=2459623.9132986)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J163928.68+371312.7

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/ZTF22aaajuwn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-02-13 09:55:08.999
Flux: 19.9335 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-01-21 12:48:59
Limiting flux: 19.7207 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

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