TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236521 [ 2024TNSTR5003....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-21 07:33:03
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Eli Gendreau-Distler (UC Berkeley), 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 2024aekq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abynfdk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:32:59.925 (38.2496858) DEC = +35:48:06.02 (35.8016724)
Discovery date: 2024-12-21 03:10:21.000 (JD=2460665.6321875)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-21 03:10:21.000
Flux: 19.5896 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-19 09:15:32
Limiting flux: 19.4381 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/2024aekq