TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236526 [ 2024TNSTR5003....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-21 07:34:08
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 2024aeks
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abwugbf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:56:22.597 (14.0941529) DEC = -02:05:47.11 (-2.0964206)
Discovery date: 2024-12-05 04:59:20.002 (JD=2460649.7078704)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-05 04:59:20.002
Flux: 20.5837 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-03 04:03:01
Limiting flux: 20.3439 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/2024aeks