TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225755 [ 2024TNSTR3575....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-18 14:17:40
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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 2024vpr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18abfdvkj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:20:06.150 (260.0256251) DEC = +42:55:56.31 (42.9323092)
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 05:20:03.998 (JD=2460562.7222685)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 05:20:03.998
Flux: 19.8442 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-08 07:16:49
Limiting flux: 19.4349 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/2024vpr