TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207801 [ 2024TNSTR1086....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-16 11:22:09
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 2024gqw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaiugcy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:08:09.974 (242.0415572) DEC = -01:22:12.48 (-1.3701337)
Discovery date: 2024-04-08 11:04:49.998 (JD=2460408.9616898)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-08 11:04:49.998
Flux: 19.652 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-04 11:09:12
Limiting flux: 20.5787 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/2024gqw