TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 154233 [ 2022TNSTR2219....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-08-05 22:41:03
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: AT 2022qqw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aakjgkd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:31:26.389 (97.85995295) DEC = +45:33:38.60 (45.560722475)
Discovery date: 2022-08-05 11:46:44.999 (JD=2459796.9907986)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J063126.53+453339.4

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/ZTF22aakjgkd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-08-05 11:46:44.999
Flux: 19.0837 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2022qqw