TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 211878 [ 2024TNSTR1800....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-04 04:10:46
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

William Wu (UC Berkeley), Jesper Sollerman (SU), 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 2024kgc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aapgvlt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:24:30.711 (321.1279623) DEC = +01:53:49.58 (1.8971048)
Discovery date: 2024-05-29 09:39:41.996 (JD=2460459.9025694)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-29 09:39:41.996
Flux: 18.9271 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-27 10:28:24
Limiting flux: 19.423 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/2024kgc