TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 191686 [ 2023TNSTR2714....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-24 20:24:14
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 2023vth
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23ableqsp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:56:34.401 (269.1433378) DEC = +08:02:37.32 (8.0437008)
Discovery date: 2023-10-18 02:47:02.400 (JD=2460235.616)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-10-18 02:47:02.400
Flux: 17.95 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-10-16 03:23:02
Limiting flux: 19.83 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/2023vth