TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 159100 [ 2022TNSTR2714....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-09-20 12:22:49
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: SN 2022vek
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22abfvsbt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:21:08.703 (245.286263) DEC = +50:52:18.53 (50.8718126)
Discovery date: 2022-09-20 03:28:48.000 (JD=2459842.645)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-09-20 03:28:48.000
Flux: 17.97 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-09-08 03:48:58
Limiting flux: 19.29 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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