TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227367 [ 2024TNSTR3813....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-01 19:41:19
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 2024xaq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abhxixz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:11:41.435 (122.9226444) DEC = +63:21:47.89 (63.363304)
Discovery date: 2024-09-15 11:46:23.001 (JD=2460568.990544)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-15 11:46:23.001
Flux: 20.6367 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No non-detections prior to first detection in ZTF Public, ZTF Public+Partnership alert streams

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