TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231749 [ 2024TNSTR4309....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-04 11:55:05
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 2024aaky
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abnlwbk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:44:47.561 (116.198172) DEC = -07:16:52.21 (-7.2811694)
Discovery date: 2024-10-24 09:53:19.996 (JD=2460607.912037)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-24 09:53:19.996
Flux: 18.9799 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-17 11:28:46
Limiting flux: 18.6739 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/2024aaky