TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219307 [ 2024TNSTR2568....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-24 07:46:32
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 2024pyj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aawxszd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:00:45.251 (210.1885445) DEC = +60:25:52.38 (60.4312157)
Discovery date: 2024-07-21 05:18:04.999 (JD=2460512.7208912)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-21 05:18:04.999
Flux: 19.628 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-03 06:28:20
Limiting flux: 20.3667 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/2024pyj