TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236284 [ 2024TNSTR4971....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-19 05:17:08
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 2024aefn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abxyufo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:16:00.703 (349.0029273) DEC = +13:02:43.43 (13.0453968)
Discovery date: 2024-12-07 04:39:40.996 (JD=2460651.6942245)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-07 04:39:40.996
Flux: 20.1792 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-05 05:24:57
Limiting flux: 20.32 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/2024aefn