TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 212774 [ 2024TNSTR1874....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-10 11:12:39
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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 2024kwj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaqyjmw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:56:08.012 (209.0333853) DEC = +04:22:50.11 (4.3805851)
Discovery date: 2024-05-31 06:00:31.000 (JD=2460461.7503588)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-31 06:00:31.000
Flux: 20.7817 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-29 08:08:43
Limiting flux: 20.3606 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/2024kwj