TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237563 [ 2024TNSTR5112....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-28 16:19:51
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 2024afhb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abxyrei
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:07:48.068 (301.9502854) DEC = -02:04:16.26 (-2.0711835)
Discovery date: 2024-12-16 01:49:34.996 (JD=2460660.5760995)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-16 01:49:34.996
Flux: 18.5907 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-14 01:51:41
Limiting flux: 16.1463 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/2024afhb