TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221384 [ 2024TNSTR2861....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-10 11:04:15
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 2024rte
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abahmab
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:18:58.386 (319.7432752) DEC = +06:10:22.50 (6.1729177)
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 07:36:31.996 (JD=2460529.817037)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-07 07:36:31.996
Flux: 20.6373 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-07 06:52:29
Limiting flux: 20.5685 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/2024rte