TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231408 [ 2024TNSTR4281....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-02 16:07:59
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Eli Gendreau-Distler (UC Berkeley), Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), 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 2024aabx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abojyfi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:50:28.823 (117.6200969) DEC = +66:29:09.28 (66.4859102)
Discovery date: 2024-10-23 11:56:28.000 (JD=2460606.9975463)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-23 11:56:28.000
Flux: 20.3132 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-23 08:17:52
Limiting flux: 20.0366 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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