TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 212455 [ 2024TNSTR1847....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-08 06:08:14
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Eli Gendreau-Distler (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 2024knc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaqdeku
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:15:17.423 (288.8225976) DEC = +60:37:43.52 (60.6287567)
Discovery date: 2024-05-31 10:19:06.997 (JD=2460461.9299421)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-31 10:19:06.997
Flux: 20.6953 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-31 09:52:13
Limiting flux: 20.6213 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/2024knc