TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 211742 [ 2024TNSTR1771....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-02 16:13:52
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Pallas Andrew Beddow (UC Berkeley), Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), 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 2024kco
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aappkjp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:19:45.966 (214.941523) DEC = -16:36:40.46 (-16.6112399)
Discovery date: 2024-05-29 07:01:43.000 (JD=2460459.7928588)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-29 07:01:43.000
Flux: 20.1264 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-27 08:13:10
Limiting flux: 19.734 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/2024kco