TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226368 [ 2024TNSTR3689....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-24 07:45:19
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 2024wci
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abiikmt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:25:49.016 (261.4542351) DEC = +79:48:28.16 (79.8078209)
Discovery date: 2024-09-15 04:15:07.004 (JD=2460568.6771644)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-15 04:15:07.004
Flux: 19.9335 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-13 07:49:25
Limiting flux: 19.1502 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/2024wci