TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225468 [ 2024TNSTR3503....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-14 05:09:53
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 2024vjj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abhputg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:21:16.905 (245.3204388) DEC = +60:55:29.28 (60.9247997)
Discovery date: 2024-09-12 06:17:35.998 (JD=2460565.7622222)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-12 06:17:35.998
Flux: 20.0451 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-12 05:55:20
Limiting flux: 19.7866 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/2024vjj