TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207819 [ 2024TNSTR1085....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-16 20:26:06
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Ann Victor Adly Mina (UC Berkeley), Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), 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 2024grj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aajvliy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:11:24.896 (167.853734) DEC = -12:00:36.92 (-12.0102559)
Discovery date: 2024-04-07 06:07:17.002 (JD=2460407.7550579)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-07 06:07:17.002
Flux: 20.3696 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-03 06:35:41
Limiting flux: 20.0874 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/2024grj