TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221388 [ 2024TNSTR2861....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-10 11:04:52
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 2024rti
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abaiuhu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:08:40.463 (347.168596) DEC = +09:24:39.96 (9.4110995)
Discovery date: 2024-08-09 08:26:28.996 (JD=2460531.8517245)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-09 08:26:28.996
Flux: 20.6993 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-07 09:05:35
Limiting flux: 20.4804 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/2024rti