TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226823 [ 2024TNSTR3718....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-26 11:18:45
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Ann Victor Adly Mina (UC Berkeley), 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 2024wps
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abiyorx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:16:36.821 (64.1534221) DEC = -06:02:10.44 (-6.0362339)
Discovery date: 2024-09-24 10:46:28.001 (JD=2460577.9489352)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-24 10:46:28.001
Flux: 19.6943 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-23 11:30:05
Limiting flux: 19.6338 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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