TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 150898 [ 2022TNSTR1735....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-06-23 21:00:29
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, G. Pignata, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, R. Hoshino, E. Camacho, J. Silva-Farfan, J. Arredondo, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Huijse, A. Moya E. Reyes, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, 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: SN 2022nit
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aaparxg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:49:50.620 (222.46091845) DEC = +41:22:25.27 (41.37368705)
Discovery date: 2022-06-19 06:45:52.998 (JD=2459749.7818634)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J144950.62+412225.2

Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF22aaparxg

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-06-19 06:45:52.998
Flux: 20.9215 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-06-19 06:45:12
Limiting flux: 20.6034 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2022nit