TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228882 [ 2024TNSTR3968....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-12 19:24:05
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 2024xwk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24ablngaq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:53:38.119 (163.4088309) DEC = +09:40:41.49 (9.6781929)
Discovery date: 2024-10-08 12:44:27.997 (JD=2460592.0308796)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-08 12:44:27.997
Flux: 18.967 ABMag
Filter: r-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+Partnership, ZTF Public alert streams

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