TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228841 [ 2024TNSTR3968....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-12 07:41:12
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Eli Gendreau-Distler (UC Berkeley), 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 2024xvj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abmflas
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:34:05.528 (263.5230327) DEC = +77:03:08.13 (77.0522571)
Discovery date: 2024-10-12 03:10:53.996 (JD=2460595.6325694)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-12 03:10:53.996
Flux: 19.3655 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 05:08:22
Limiting flux: 19.8826 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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