TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225340 [ 2024TNSTR3469....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-12 08:26:11
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 2024vgj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abgznbd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:59:13.444 (329.8060149) DEC = -18:17:35.30 (-18.2931379)
Discovery date: 2024-09-11 08:22:52.996 (JD=2460564.8492245)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-11 08:22:52.996
Flux: 19.7369 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-11 07:29:12
Limiting flux: 19.6156 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/2024vgj