TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225345 [ 2024TNSTR3469....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-12 10:29:59
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 2024vgn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abheyev
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:17:38.619 (244.4109133) DEC = +35:03:31.97 (35.0588798)
Discovery date: 2024-09-12 04:11:11.996 (JD=2460565.6744444)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-12 04:11:11.996
Flux: 18.8797 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-08 04:11:31
Limiting flux: 20.2809 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/2024vgn