TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225555 [ 2024TNSTR3530....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-16 04:31:23
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Katherine Mora (UC Berkeley), 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 2024vky
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abgdpju
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:28:43.149 (37.1797877) DEC = +41:19:02.01 (41.3172255)
Discovery date: 2024-09-05 09:49:03.000 (JD=2460558.9090625)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-05 09:49:03.000
Flux: 20.8427 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-03 11:20:47
Limiting flux: 20.5131 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/2024vky