TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 198843 [ 2024TNSTR..41....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-05 13:44:40
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_Bot1
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Fremling (Caltech) on behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024io
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaaimsv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:43:50.834 (160.9618103) DEC = +02:00:58.04 (2.0161223)
Discovery date: 2024-01-05 09:11:31.200 (JD=2460314.883)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-05 09:11:31.200
Flux: 19.75 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-29 10:09:07
Limiting flux: 16.58 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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