TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222236 [ 2024TNSTR2996....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-18 07:11:36
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 2024skd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abcbnyj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:38:17.798 (114.5741564) DEC = +34:34:27.58 (34.5743271)
Discovery date: 2024-08-15 12:01:54.998 (JD=2460538.001331)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-15 12:01:54.998
Flux: 19.6153 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-14 12:04:32
Limiting flux: 18.845 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/2024skd