TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236537 [ 2024TNSTR5003....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-21 09:14:59
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 2024aeld
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abyobxl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:02:29.345 (45.6222703) DEC = -03:28:20.44 (-3.4723431)
Discovery date: 2024-12-19 05:57:58.996 (JD=2460663.7485995)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-19 05:57:58.996
Flux: 20.3537 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-16 06:41:41
Limiting flux: 19.2744 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/2024aeld