TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237509 [ 2024TNSTR5112....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-28 14:44:30
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024affm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abykxfu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:09:01.115 (152.2546439) DEC = +51:03:11.90 (51.0533044)
Discovery date: 2024-12-19 07:24:45.002 (JD=2460663.8088542)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-19 07:24:45.002
Flux: 19.6754 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-17 11:42:31
Limiting flux: 17.8927 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/2024affm