TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237545 [ 2024TNSTR5112....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-28 15:35:16
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 2024afgn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abwbqzx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:22:15.260 (140.563584) DEC = -08:51:16.67 (-8.8546316)
Discovery date: 2024-12-04 10:56:41.000 (JD=2460648.9560301)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-04 10:56:41.000
Flux: 20.2492 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-30 10:36:11
Limiting flux: 20.2055 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/2024afgn