TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228919 [ 2024TNSTR3984....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-13 05:55:42
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Veda Arikatla (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: AT 2024xxm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24ablgbsp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:50:56.422 (312.7350925) DEC = +15:22:20.64 (15.3724007)
Discovery date: 2024-10-09 03:06:18.000 (JD=2460592.629375)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-09 03:06:18.000
Flux: 19.8971 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-08 05:13:48
Limiting flux: 19.8107 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/2024xxm