TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219415 [ 2024TNSTR2584....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-25 05:35:05
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 2024qak
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaxaqod
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:20:39.187 (260.163278) DEC = +08:48:25.26 (8.8070156)
Discovery date: 2024-07-23 06:36:12.000 (JD=2460514.7751389)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-23 06:36:12.000
Flux: 19.7819 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-21 07:54:14
Limiting flux: 16.9841 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/2024qak