TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 152791 [ 2022TNSTR2056....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-07-22 21:22:29
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 2022phj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aavbcky
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:59:48.783 (359.9532612) DEC = -15:42:54.29 (-15.7150807)
Discovery date: 2022-07-22 11:00:49.997 (JD=2459782.958912)

Potential host galaxy: GALEXASC J235948.85-154258.2

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.10+-0.01 mag/day) 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/ZTF22aavbcky

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-07-22 11:00:49.997
Flux: 18.8669 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-07-22 10:19:04
Limiting flux: 20.0234 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/2022phj