TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218556 [ 2024TNSTR2361....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-10 22:42:00
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Gabrielle Stewart (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 2024pgx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aauhghr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:04:51.262 (316.2135924) DEC = -27:36:45.28 (-27.6125779)
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 09:33:15.001 (JD=2460489.8980903)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 09:33:15.001
Flux: 19.8395 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-26 10:34:59
Limiting flux: 18.9341 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/2024pgx