TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208631 [ 2024TNSTR1263....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-29 06:18:33
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: SN 2024hkj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aalbepd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:16:29.830 (184.1242911) DEC = -09:33:33.11 (-9.5591971)
Discovery date: 2024-04-18 05:34:45.001 (JD=2460418.7324653)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-18 05:34:45.001
Flux: 20.0229 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-16 06:00:16
Limiting flux: 19.9037 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/2024hkj