TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196283 [ 2023TNSTR3222....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-13 20:02:09
Date made public:
Sender: ANTARES_bot
Reporting Group: ANTARES     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Patrick Aleo (UIUC) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023zxk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23aaoxcic
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:02:17.313 (165.5721390475) DEC = +41:12:39.62 (41.211005279088)
Discovery date: 2023-12-13 12:16:42.240 (JD=2460292.0115972)


Remarks: Supernova candidate identified by the new ANTARES anomaly detection filter: LAISS_RFC_AD_filter. See locus info at: https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2023innu4uv1zzj6

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-13 12:16:42.240
Flux: 18.6549 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-11 11:56:26
Limiting flux: 18.6467 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/2023zxk