TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 153202 [ 2022TNSTR2109....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-07-27 21:36:19
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, 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: AT 2022psq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aawfjvl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:04:29.735 (31.12389734) DEC = -01:10:44.38 (-1.17899382)
Discovery date: 2022-07-22 11:03:00.003 (JD=2459782.9604167)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J020429.68-011043.3
Host redshift: 0.159731

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/ZTF22aawfjvl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-07-22 11:03:00.003
Flux: 19.9021 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 10:09:30
Limiting flux: 18.9646 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/2022psq