TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 211115 [ 2024TNSTR1670....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-27 17:55:31
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: SN 2024jkg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21abetapt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:08:15.214 (227.0633929) DEC = +05:35:01.88 (5.5838543)
Discovery date: 2024-05-25 06:09:25.997 (JD=2460455.7565509)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-25 06:09:25.997
Flux: 18.8418 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-21 09:38:35
Limiting flux: 19.0587 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/2024jkg