TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225270 [ 2024TNSTR3439....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-11 09:51:29
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: SN 2024vfa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abgsfib
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:14:08.338 (3.534743) DEC = +12:11:21.72 (12.189367)
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 07:48:37.998 (JD=2460562.8254398)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 07:48:37.998
Flux: 20.0752 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-07 08:07:31
Limiting flux: 20.3722 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/2024vfa