TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226289 [ 2024TNSTR3668....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-23 13:11:46
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 2024wat
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abihkue
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:08:32.792 (122.1366329) DEC = +57:01:14.49 (57.0206928)
Discovery date: 2024-09-21 11:16:33.000 (JD=2460574.9698264)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-21 11:16:33.000
Flux: 19.4721 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-18 11:20:36
Limiting flux: 19.298 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/2024wat