TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 161649 [ 2022TNSTR2996....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-10-15 16:21:14
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: AT 2022xoy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22abnfxvq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:16:26.054 (319.1085597) DEC = -10:41:02.90 (-10.6841383)
Discovery date: 2022-10-15 03:04:19.200 (JD=2459867.628)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-10-15 03:04:19.200
Flux: 20.35 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-10-13 04:29:17
Limiting flux: 19.79 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/2022xoy