TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 162853 [ 2022TNSTR3115....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-10-26 22:43:50
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, 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 2022ysx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aboiwvb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:07:12.496 (151.80206646667) DEC = +61:05:56.70 (61.0990835)
Discovery date: 2022-10-20 11:23:18.001 (JD=2459872.9745139)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J100712.64+610557.4
Host redshift: 0.1432572

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/ZTF22aboiwvb

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-10-20 11:23:18.001
Flux: 20.0185 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-10-20 10:43:38
Limiting flux: 19.9964 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

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