TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226072 [ 2024TNSTR3649....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-22 09:46:20
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K-Ryan Hinds (LJMU), 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 2024vvj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abhwgoi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:48:49.441 (72.2060024) DEC = +74:56:12.81 (74.9368906)
Discovery date: 2024-09-15 08:45:31.999 (JD=2460568.8649537)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-15 08:45:31.999
Flux: 20.2245 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-12 10:51:49
Limiting flux: 20.537 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/2024vvj