TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219831 [ 2024TNSTR2643....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-29 05:57:15
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 2024qkx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaxoguq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:18:39.712 (229.6654664) DEC = +03:21:24.86 (3.3569063)
Discovery date: 2024-07-26 04:52:36.998 (JD=2460517.703206)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-26 04:52:36.998
Flux: 20.1178 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-24 06:27:20
Limiting flux: 19.6078 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/2024qkx