TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210635 [ 2024TNSTR1579....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-18 23:10:53
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Neil Pichay (Caltech, 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 2024jby
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aanpkiz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:26:00.645 (216.502687) DEC = -21:17:46.12 (-21.2961444)
Discovery date: 2024-05-10 07:02:08.998 (JD=2460440.7931597)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-10 07:02:08.998
Flux: 20.0828 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-04 08:04:16
Limiting flux: 20.2522 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/2024jby