TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221407 [ 2024TNSTR2860....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-10 13:52:30
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Eli Gendreau-Distler (UC Berkeley), 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 2024rts
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aayanqg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:22:20.852 (50.5868842) DEC = -00:12:59.20 (-0.2164451)
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 10:36:54.996 (JD=2460521.9423032)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-30 10:36:54.996
Flux: 19.0308 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No non-detections prior to first detection in ZTF Public+Partnership, ZTF Public alert streams

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