TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210555 [ 2024TNSTR1562....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-17 13:30:29
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 2024jac
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aamibdn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:34:48.156 (8.7006508) DEC = +31:42:30.13 (31.7083689)
Discovery date: 2024-05-04 11:43:11.997 (JD=2460434.9883333)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-04 11:43:11.997
Flux: 19.4366 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-29 12:04:15
Limiting flux: 18.0744 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/2024jac