TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220958 [ 2024TNSTR2774....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-05 06:46:00
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: SN 2024rjr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaypock
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:42:41.256 (280.6719002) DEC = +68:11:32.31 (68.1923091)
Discovery date: 2024-08-03 05:11:59.000 (JD=2460525.7166551)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-03 05:11:59.000
Flux: 20.1722 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-02 06:42:11
Limiting flux: 20.0999 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024rjr