TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 211114 [ 2024TNSTR1670....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-27 17:53:09
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Sophia Risin (UC Berkeley), Yu-Jing Qin (Caltech), 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 2024jkf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaospih
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:38:44.415 (234.6850629) DEC = -20:21:34.30 (-20.3595276)
Discovery date: 2024-05-25 05:35:48.998 (JD=2460455.733206)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-25 05:35:48.998
Flux: 18.4133 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-21 09:33:44
Limiting flux: 18.3015 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/2024jkf