TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231880 [ 2024TNSTR4331....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-05 20:20:16
Date made public:
Sender: Daniel Perley
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024aaob
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abgyycb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:06:50.500 (1.710417) DEC = +39:38:07.83 (39.635508)
Discovery date: 2024-09-03 10:16:13.152 (JD=2460556.927928)


Remarks: Faint, slow transient; discovered in ZTF SLSN candidate filter

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-03 10:16:13.152
Flux: 21.198 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No source at this location in Pan-STARRS or LegacySurvey imaging.

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