TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231728 [ 2024TNSTR4309....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-04 05:24:49
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 2024aakm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abokkhu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:23:21.861 (260.841089) DEC = -00:10:35.46 (-0.176518)
Discovery date: 2024-11-02 02:01:47.997 (JD=2460616.5845833)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-02 02:01:47.997
Flux: 19.1069 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-14 03:38:07
Limiting flux: 19.3802 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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