TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225132 [ 2024TNSTR3405....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-09 10:26:39
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Kate Bostow (UC Berkeley), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024vcb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abezwxx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:45:27.326 (131.3638594) DEC = +42:50:34.89 (42.8430253)
Discovery date: 2024-09-02 12:03:03.997 (JD=2460556.0021296)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-02 12:03:03.997
Flux: 19.7832 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-31 12:07:26
Limiting flux: 19.8096 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/2024vcb