TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237527 [ 2024TNSTR5117....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-28 15:29:19
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Sophia Risin (UC Berkeley), 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 2024affy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abuwkct
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:46:11.593 (311.5483045) DEC = +27:39:02.86 (27.6507955)
Discovery date: 2024-12-01 02:58:05.001 (JD=2460645.623669)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-01 02:58:05.001
Flux: 19.8771 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-29 02:52:09
Limiting flux: 16.3782 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/2024affy