TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226288 [ 2024TNSTR3668....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-23 13:11:25
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K-Ryan Hinds (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 2024was
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abitwoy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:57:25.518 (149.3563256) DEC = +31:34:19.03 (31.5719522)
Discovery date: 2024-09-12 12:30:07.004 (JD=2460566.0209144)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-12 12:30:07.004
Flux: 19.0451 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No non-detections prior to first detection in ZTF Public, ZTF Public+Partnership alert streams

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2024was