TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228715 [ 2024TNSTR3944....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-10 11:45:41
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 2024xsj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24ablyqrw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:53:39.833 (133.4159689) DEC = +61:00:30.80 (61.008555)
Discovery date: 2024-10-08 12:17:15.002 (JD=2460592.0119792)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-08 12:17:15.002
Flux: 20.389 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-08 12:15:49
Limiting flux: 19.9392 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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