TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208606 [ 2024TNSTR1249....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-28 15:04:10
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 2024hjw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aakyncj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:13:30.093 (228.3753862) DEC = -09:16:39.50 (-9.2776397)
Discovery date: 2024-04-20 09:08:20.999 (JD=2460420.8807986)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-20 09:08:20.999
Flux: 20.0501 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-18 09:06:05
Limiting flux: 19.5844 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/2024hjw