TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 198879 [ 2024TNSTR..41....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-05 15:47:14
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 2024jd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaajyaf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:14:18.905 (153.5787725) DEC = -22:28:14.36 (-22.4706546)
Discovery date: 2024-01-05 11:02:24.000 (JD=2460314.96)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-05 11:02:24.000
Flux: 18.92 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-27 12:04:19
Limiting flux: 16.4 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/2024jd