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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3730      2022 Aug 26 09.24UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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SN 2022QMX

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF)
collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient on TNS 
Astronomical Transient Report 154087.
 
Sender: ZTF (ZTF_Bot1) 
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF 
 
IAU Designation: SN 2022qmx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aaylnhq
Coordinates (J2000): 

RA = 17:35:44.318 (263.9346573) DEC = +04:49:56.90 (4.8324722)
Discovery date: 2022-08-01 06:07:12.000 (JD=2459792.755) 
 
Photometry 
 
Discovery date: 2022-08-01 06:07:12.000 
Flux: 20.48 ABMag; Filter: g-ZTF 
Instrument: ZTF-Cam; Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin 
 
Last non-detection date: 2022-07-31 05:28:19 
Limiting flux: 20.08 ABMag; Filter: r-ZTF 
Instrument: ZTF-Cam ; Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Paul Leyland (TA Subscriber) comments:
A gravitationally lensed supernova has been picked up by the ZTF. 
At z=0.35 this likely to be one of the more distant examples which can be 
(relatively) easily detected and/or measured SN because it is roughly 3 
magnitudes brighter than would be expected in the absence of lensing.
Position: 17:35:44.3 +04:49:57 magnitude around 19.0 and fading.
Links https://www.wis-tns.org/astronotes/astronote/2022-180 
 
Guy M Hurst


