TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237544 [ 2024TNSTR5112....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-28 15:34:54
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 2024afgm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abxened
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:31:26.418 (97.8600761) DEC = -20:39:11.41 (-20.6531682)
Discovery date: 2024-12-04 10:34:31.995 (JD=2460648.9406481)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-04 10:34:31.995
Flux: 20.6709 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-04 10:32:55
Limiting flux: 20.177 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/2024afgm