TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227224 [ 2024TNSTR3790....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-30 06:10:05
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), 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 2024wxt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abjbfci
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:32:52.998 (323.220823) DEC = +27:32:46.41 (27.5462239)
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 04:52:00.001 (JD=2460576.7027778)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-23 04:52:00.001
Flux: 20.7297 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-22 06:21:01
Limiting flux: 20.0543 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024wxt