TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209604 [ 2024TNSTR1417....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-07 12:45:34
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 2024ige
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aalnffd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:17:18.485 (4.3270225) DEC = +54:13:24.77 (54.223546)
Discovery date: 2024-04-30 11:35:24.996 (JD=2460430.9829282)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-30 11:35:24.996
Flux: 19.0072 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No non-detections prior to first detection in ZTF Public alert stream

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024ige