TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218698 [ 2024TNSTR2420....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-13 14:09:23
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Gabrielle Stewart (UC Berkeley), Yu-Jing Qin (Caltech), 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 2024pjs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaulipy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:06:54.249 (61.7260361) DEC = +23:17:00.11 (23.2833635)
Discovery date: 2024-07-05 11:31:48.996 (JD=2460496.9804282)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-05 11:31:48.996
Flux: 16.5953 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-04 11:31:50
Limiting flux: 18.4121 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/2024pjs