TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209374 [ 2024TNSTR1385....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-04 14:02:47
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 2024iar
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aalcuee
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:38:11.148 (249.5464489) DEC = +52:50:31.66 (52.8421286)
Discovery date: 2024-04-29 08:53:32.003 (JD=2460429.8705093)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-29 08:53:32.003
Flux: 20.3035 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-29 07:49:55
Limiting flux: 20.5599 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/2024iar