TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222832 [ 2024TNSTR3116....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-27 12:50:18
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 2024syl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abdidhi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:12:38.341 (3.1597529) DEC = +14:33:18.20 (14.5550557)
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 09:24:00.002 (JD=2460549.8916667)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 09:24:00.002
Flux: 19.6692 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-25 09:40:13
Limiting flux: 20.2052 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/2024syl