TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207735 [ 2024TNSTR1066....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-14 12:12:25
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Kate Bostow (UC Berkeley), Jacob Wise (LJMU), 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 2024gpf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aajqpud
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:04:28.392 (346.1182988) DEC = +27:21:26.51 (27.3573651)
Discovery date: 2024-04-08 12:20:00.000 (JD=2460409.0138889)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-08 12:20:00.000
Flux: 18.2958 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-08 12:19:19
Limiting flux: 19.0064 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/2024gpf