TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231734 [ 2024TNSTR4309....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-04 08:30:11
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024aako
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abqctph
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:22:48.646 (50.702691) DEC = -16:29:41.15 (-16.4947633)
Discovery date: 2024-11-01 09:32:01.000 (JD=2460615.8972338)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-01 09:32:01.000
Flux: 20.1353 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-01 08:34:06
Limiting flux: 20.2768 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2024aako