TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216693 [ 2024TNSTR2216....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-02 17:05:26
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Neil Pichay (Caltech, UC Berkeley), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024npl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaswbhd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:57:13.870 (344.3077921) DEC = +42:19:35.68 (42.3265766)
Discovery date: 2024-06-15 10:22:56.000 (JD=2460476.9325926)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-15 10:22:56.000
Flux: 20.6488 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No non-detections prior to first detection in ZTF Public+Partnership, ZTF Public alert streams

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024npl