TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 161912 [ 2022TNSTR3017....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-10-17 18:21:51
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 2022xwn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22abnpdkn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:19:47.787 (139.9491112) DEC = +40:11:10.56 (40.1862668)
Discovery date: 2022-10-14 11:11:02.400 (JD=2459866.966)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-10-14 11:11:02.400
Flux: 19.85 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-10-12 11:35:31
Limiting flux: 19.65 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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