TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224486 [ 2024TNSTR3299....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-04 13:59:29
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Ann Victor Adly Mina (UC Berkeley), K-Ryan Hinds (LJMU), 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: SN 2024unx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abepnpq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:27:55.079 (36.9794953) DEC = +37:26:51.97 (37.4477684)
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 10:19:28.001 (JD=2460554.9301852)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 10:19:28.001
Flux: 20.212 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-31 10:58:01
Limiting flux: 20.0488 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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