TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210640 [ 2024TNSTR1577....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-18 23:36:45
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Kate Bostow (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 2024jcd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaqkitm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:42:12.032 (175.5501331) DEC = +47:17:46.13 (47.2961484)
Discovery date: 2024-05-04 06:50:14.003 (JD=2460434.7848843)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-04 06:50:14.003
Flux: 20.1398 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-04 06:18:06
Limiting flux: 20.7216 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/2024jcd