TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207730 [ 2024TNSTR1061....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-14 11:17:06
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Eli Gendreau-Distler (UC Berkeley), 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 2024gpd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaiffry
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:31:31.822 (217.8825913) DEC = -03:12:09.37 (-3.2026019)
Discovery date: 2024-04-04 08:34:15.997 (JD=2460404.8571296)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-04 08:34:15.997
Flux: 18.9793 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-29 10:20:20
Limiting flux: 19.4855 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/2024gpd