TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208642 [ 2024TNSTR1263....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-29 06:22:50
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 2024hkt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aalavii
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:14:59.528 (138.7480313) DEC = +04:42:21.39 (4.7059411)
Discovery date: 2024-04-19 04:56:20.999 (JD=2460419.7057986)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-19 04:56:20.999
Flux: 20.1105 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-16 06:10:33
Limiting flux: 19.3848 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/2024hkt