TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236528 [ 2024TNSTR5003....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-21 07:34:21
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 2024aeku
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abxvxkj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:45:25.165 (26.3548534) DEC = +39:44:01.18 (39.7336624)
Discovery date: 2024-12-11 04:36:19.995 (JD=2460655.6918981)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-11 04:36:19.995
Flux: 19.4103 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-09 05:40:37
Limiting flux: 20.1218 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/2024aeku