TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196984 [ 2023TNSTR3331....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-20 23:34:19
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 2023aaof
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23abtmmju
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:50:39.205 (162.6633546) DEC = -19:44:27.56 (-19.7409886)
Discovery date: 2023-12-10 11:29:45.600 (JD=2460288.979)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-10 11:29:45.600
Flux: 20 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-09 10:36:29
Limiting flux: 19.18 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/2023aaof