TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228651 [ 2024TNSTR3944....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-10 05:22:57
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: SN 2024xqu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24ablgasd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:22:33.828 (305.6409488) DEC = +00:17:21.00 (0.2891674)
Discovery date: 2024-10-08 03:59:03.998 (JD=2460591.6660185)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-08 03:59:03.998
Flux: 18.9196 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-03 02:49:31
Limiting flux: 19.6358 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/2024xqu