TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228027 [ 2024TNSTR3909....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-08 14:16:36
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 2024xnw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24ablmtto
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:00:14.149 (135.0589537) DEC = +61:40:03.91 (61.6677518)
Discovery date: 2024-09-26 12:13:32.998 (JD=2460580.0094097)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-26 12:13:32.998
Flux: 20.222 ABMag
Filter: i-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/2024xnw