TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 159287 [ 2022TNSTR2720....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-09-21 22:11:38
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, G. Pignata, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Hoshino, E. Camacho, 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 2022vjx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22abhdwhu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:11:56.571 (152.98571078) DEC = +25:25:43.13 (25.42864638)
Discovery date: 2022-09-21 12:25:29.004 (JD=2459844.0176968)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J101156.58+252545.3

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/ZTF22abhdwhu

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-09-21 12:25:29.004
Flux: 18.5024 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/2022vjx