TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207653 [ 2024TNSTR1051....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-13 15:19:55
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Eli Gendreau-Distler (UC Berkeley), 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 2024gmu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aajpxbu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:56:41.555 (239.1731453) DEC = +59:02:09.66 (59.0360156)
Discovery date: 2024-04-13 09:52:13.002 (JD=2460413.9112616)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-13 09:52:13.002
Flux: 19.6805 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-08 09:43:11
Limiting flux: 20.3267 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/2024gmu