Discovery certificate for object 2023aebn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229744 [ 2024TNSTR4094....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-21 07:01:07
Sender: ZTF (Fritz)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023aebn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acqfwpi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:05:17.385 (286.3224382) DEC = +61:45:20.53 (61.7557021)
Discovery date: 2023-07-07 05:44:24.002 (JD=2460132.7391667)


Remarks: Bright (m_peak <= 18.5) transient candidate identified autonomously by BTSbot (Rehemtulla et al. 2024; arXiv:2401.15167).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-07-07 05:44:24.002
Flux: 19.2747 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-07-02 06:44:51
Limiting flux: 19.9872 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/2023aebn