TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 172172 [ 2023TNSTR.541....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-03-15 01:26:08
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023dcf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23aadbste
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:05:23.773 (226.3490557) DEC = +30:56:02.28 (30.9339667)
Discovery date: 2023-03-13 09:50:24.000 (JD=2460016.91)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-03-13 09:50:24.000
Flux: 19.77 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-02-21 11:57:07
Limiting flux: 20.58 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/2023dcf