TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236724 [ 2024TNSTR5020....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-22 08:37:52
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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 2024aeof
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abvzkeq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:15:03.766 (93.7656911) DEC = -24:29:00.59 (-24.4834964)
Discovery date: 2024-12-04 09:26:00.003 (JD=2460648.8930556)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-04 09:26:00.003
Flux: 20.3919 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-03 10:32:54
Limiting flux: 19.8203 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/2024aeof