TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221814 [ 2024TNSTR2926....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-13 16:05:28
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

VISHWAJEET Swain (IIT Bombay, India), 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 2024sci
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abakybl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:54:15.883 (58.5661771) DEC = +24:59:48.93 (24.9969255)
Discovery date: 2024-08-10 09:41:49.997 (JD=2460532.9040509)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-10 09:41:49.997
Flux: 20.2562 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-08 10:46:20
Limiting flux: 18.9543 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/2024sci