TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221311 [ 2024TNSTR2840....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-09 13:18:53
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 2024rrk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaxucpk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:10:52.671 (257.7194606) DEC = +39:07:57.03 (39.1325097)
Discovery date: 2024-07-24 04:58:38.997 (JD=2460515.7073958)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-24 04:58:38.997
Flux: 20.7183 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-23 09:16:07
Limiting flux: 19.3886 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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