TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 163040 [ 2022TNSTR3153....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-10-29 12:24:35
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 2022yyi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22abqahrl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:28:42.429 (292.1767865) DEC = -10:53:30.65 (-10.8918468)
Discovery date: 2022-10-25 02:38:24.000 (JD=2459877.61)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-10-25 02:38:24.000
Flux: 16.78 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-10-21 03:27:22
Limiting flux: 19.45 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/2022yyi