TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209370 [ 2024TNSTR1385....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-04 14:02:36
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Eli Gendreau-Distler (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 2024ian
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aalgtsg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:59:30.551 (224.8772966) DEC = -12:44:25.25 (-12.7403463)
Discovery date: 2024-04-30 08:03:24.998 (JD=2460430.835706)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-30 08:03:24.998
Flux: 20.1719 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-28 09:06:25
Limiting flux: 19.4467 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/2024ian