TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219499 [ 2024TNSTR2602....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-26 08:17:50
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 2024qcs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaxdtvg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:35:57.608 (173.9900329) DEC = +21:12:00.30 (21.2000823)
Discovery date: 2024-07-18 04:28:17.996 (JD=2460509.6863194)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-18 04:28:17.996
Flux: 19.5379 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-18 04:24:03
Limiting flux: 18.7527 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/2024qcs