TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 198504 [ 2024TNSTR..12....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-02 13:42:13
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 2023acji
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23abvsepd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:08:27.441 (227.1143392) DEC = -01:27:57.32 (-1.4659223)
Discovery date: 2023-12-28 13:19:12.000 (JD=2460307.055)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-28 13:19:12.000
Flux: 18.75 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-17 13:40:47
Limiting flux: 17.19 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/2023acji