TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 170970 [ 2023TNSTR.372....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-02-16 19:51:56
Date made public:
Sender: Fink
Reporting Group: Fink     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Julien Peloton, Anais Moller, Emille E. O. Ishida on behalf of the Fink broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023bub
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23aabxiwa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:55:54.511 (28.9771295) DEC = +22:24:31.82 (22.4088383625)
Discovery date: 2023-02-05 03:41:47.000 (JD=2459980.6540162)


Remarks: Early SN Ia candidate classified by Fink using the public ZTF stream. Object data at https://fink-portal.org/ZTF23aabxiwa

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-02-05 03:41:47.000
Flux: 19.7728 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF, classified by Fink

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-02-03 03:18:19
Limiting flux: 19.1086 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF, classified by Fink

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