TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 199400 [ 2024TNSTR..95....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-09 10:21:00
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jannis Necker on behalf the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and Global Relay of Observatories Watching Transients Happen (GROWTH) collaborations report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023ackx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23abtgfpu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:50:41.240 (72.6718321) DEC = +11:11:37.41 (11.193724)
Discovery date: 2023-12-09 05:03:28.998 (JD=2460287.7107523)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-09 05:03:28.998
Flux: 20.4793 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-11-14 09:36:47
Limiting flux: 20.6826 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2023ackx