TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225747 [ 2024TNSTR3577....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-18 13:55:50
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Katherine Mora (UC Berkeley), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024vpl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abhfbpp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:50:46.243 (267.6926802) DEC = +41:51:29.15 (41.8580979)
Discovery date: 2024-09-08 04:38:57.001 (JD=2460561.6937153)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-08 04:38:57.001
Flux: 20.7033 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-05 05:52:51
Limiting flux: 20.4001 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/2024vpl