TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236294 [ 2024TNSTR4971....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-19 07:41:19
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 2024aefr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abyeimu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:52:16.495 (58.0687297) DEC = -15:53:16.53 (-15.8879237)
Discovery date: 2024-12-14 06:04:01.997 (JD=2460658.7528009)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-14 06:04:01.997
Flux: 19.6331 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-10 06:02:46
Limiting flux: 18.9052 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/2024aefr