TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208649 [ 2024TNSTR1263....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-29 06:24:58
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 2024hkz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aakzvsl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:29:48.611 (142.4525457) DEC = -06:38:58.05 (-6.6494596)
Discovery date: 2024-04-16 04:57:20.001 (JD=2460416.7064815)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-16 04:57:20.001
Flux: 19.9943 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-07 05:30:08
Limiting flux: 20.0722 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/2024hkz