TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 199879 [ 2024TNSTR.168....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-16 09:34:33
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024agi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aabownt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:51:41.468 (72.9227851) DEC = +73:18:25.16 (73.3069897)
Discovery date: 2024-01-05 04:22:04.800 (JD=2460314.682)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-05 04:22:04.800
Flux: 20.55 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-30 03:30:14
Limiting flux: 16.8 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/2024agi