TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 116784 [ 2021TNSTR2378....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-07-09 12:34:42
Date made public:
Sender: Ting-Wan Chen
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel A. Perley (LJMU), Ting-Wan Chen (OKC) on behalf of the ZTF SLSN group report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2021sto
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21abeoaio
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:29:54.670 (262.477792) DEC = +65:48:48.55 (65.813486)
Discovery date: 2021-05-29 09:08:38.400 (JD=2459363.881)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-05-29 09:08:38.400
Flux: 20.61 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-05-29 07:22:05
Limiting flux: 20.55 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2021sto