TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236317 [ 2024TNSTR4972....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-19 10:25:21
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K-Ryan Hinds (LJMU), 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 2024aegk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abxynpa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:42:36.218 (160.6509072) DEC = +57:24:04.53 (57.4012592)
Discovery date: 2024-12-14 10:50:32.003 (JD=2460658.9517593)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-14 10:50:32.003
Flux: 19.7063 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-14 08:21:55
Limiting flux: 18.4029 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/2024aegk