TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230803 [ 2024TNSTR4196....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-28 10:16:40
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 2024zqj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abozetm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:41:23.124 (70.3463505) DEC = -10:27:42.22 (-10.4617267)
Discovery date: 2024-10-26 09:03:14.996 (JD=2460609.8772569)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-26 09:03:14.996
Flux: 19.9813 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-24 10:38:38
Limiting flux: 20.2523 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/2024zqj