TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231744 [ 2024TNSTR4309....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-04 10:38:07
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 2024aakt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abqqijk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:02:06.930 (150.5288769) DEC = +56:10:50.03 (56.1805641)
Discovery date: 2024-10-31 11:25:50.998 (JD=2460614.9762847)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-31 11:25:50.998
Flux: 20.2844 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-27 11:40:53
Limiting flux: 19.7392 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/2024aakt