TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 175185 [ 2023TNSTR.838....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-04-18 07:29:55
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 2023gbe
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23aafpdoz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:47:20.014 (176.8333923) DEC = +17:11:16.70 (17.1879725)
Discovery date: 2023-04-11 07:58:04.800 (JD=2460045.832)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-04-11 07:58:04.800
Flux: 20.61 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-04-11 07:39:22
Limiting flux: 20.41 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/2023gbe