TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209366 [ 2024TNSTR1384....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-04 14:02:29
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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 2024iak
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aalohai
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:24:22.547 (171.0939459) DEC = +02:27:34.59 (2.4596074)
Discovery date: 2024-05-01 06:40:48.999 (JD=2460431.7783449)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-01 06:40:48.999
Flux: 19.7853 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-24 06:35:57
Limiting flux: 18.955 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/2024iak