TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 143668 [ 2022TNSTR.872....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-04-04 20:16:21
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: AT 2022gku
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aadgprf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:04:38.090 (286.1587064) DEC = +45:07:42.55 (45.1284848)
Discovery date: 2022-04-01 11:25:26.400 (JD=2459670.976)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-04-01 11:25:26.400
Flux: 19.37 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-03-02 12:27:22
Limiting flux: 20.31 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/2022gku