TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226270 [ 2024TNSTR3667....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-23 12:10:00
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: SN 2024waj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abitsku
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:08:00.588 (77.0024516) DEC = -08:17:49.41 (-8.2970586)
Discovery date: 2024-09-18 11:28:12.002 (JD=2460571.9779167)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-18 11:28:12.002
Flux: 19.5406 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-18 10:21:34
Limiting flux: 19.3922 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/2024waj