TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225277 [ 2024TNSTR3439....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-11 12:18:42
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 2024vfc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abhcptk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:03:29.339 (75.8722453) DEC = -20:02:27.85 (-20.0410702)
Discovery date: 2024-09-11 10:30:24.001 (JD=2460564.9377778)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-11 10:30:24.001
Flux: 19.5992 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-08 11:29:47
Limiting flux: 19.4248 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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