TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 193039 [ 2023TNSTR2881....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-11-08 08:18:30
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 2023wzq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23abieyhx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:53:38.860 (253.4119152) DEC = +11:23:49.57 (11.3971037)
Discovery date: 2023-10-04 03:10:04.800 (JD=2460221.632)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-10-04 03:10:04.800
Flux: 20.09 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-09-27 04:11:59
Limiting flux: 19.5 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/2023wzq