TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240259 [ 2025TNSTR..36....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-03 06:11:59
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024agkm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abzmbva
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:47:26.482 (26.860343) DEC = +25:44:43.19 (25.7453308)
Discovery date: 2024-12-27 03:58:13.998 (JD=2460671.6654398)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-27 03:58:13.998
Flux: 20.0445 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-23 04:38:10
Limiting flux: 20.0652 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/2024agkm