TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231971 [ 2024TNSTR4370....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-07 08:36:20
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 2024aapt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abrbjcz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:56:01.402 (29.0058437) DEC = -03:39:01.13 (-3.6503131)
Discovery date: 2024-11-05 03:55:50.998 (JD=2460619.6637847)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-05 03:55:50.998
Flux: 20.1844 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-02 08:35:30
Limiting flux: 20.3594 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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