TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 143658 [ 2022TNSTR.872....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-04-04 20:13:20
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 2022gkm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aadggnb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:31:56.814 (262.9867257) DEC = +17:08:17.48 (17.13819)
Discovery date: 2022-04-04 09:07:12.000 (JD=2459673.88)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-04-04 09:07:12.000
Flux: 18.56 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-03-03 11:55:41
Limiting flux: 20.34 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/2022gkm