TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 199401 [ 2024TNSTR..94....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-09 10:21:26
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jannis Necker on behalf of 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 2023acky
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23abtgghf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:55:39.401 (73.9141696) DEC = +11:04:35.40 (11.0764995)
Discovery date: 2023-12-09 06:56:51.996 (JD=2460287.7894907)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-09 06:56:51.996
Flux: 20.8092 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-09 05:03:29
Limiting flux: 20.3918 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/2023acky