TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209238 [ 2024TNSTR1362....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-03 10:32:35
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Gabrielle Stewart (UC Berkeley), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024hxu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aalnrat
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:28:34.127 (172.1421968) DEC = -24:00:56.45 (-24.0156818)
Discovery date: 2024-04-07 06:05:55.000 (JD=2460407.7541088)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-07 06:05:55.000
Flux: 20.4954 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-03 07:01:45
Limiting flux: 19.9755 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/2024hxu