TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225139 [ 2024TNSTR3401....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-09 10:40:19
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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 2024vcf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abqsdwt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:26:46.040 (21.6918332) DEC = -03:58:53.07 (-3.9814091)
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 07:54:23.002 (JD=2460554.8294329)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 07:54:23.002
Flux: 19.7842 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-31 10:46:27
Limiting flux: 20.026 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/2024vcf