TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228922 [ 2024TNSTR3982....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-13 05:56:48
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 2024xxo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24ablzsqr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:05:22.609 (226.3442027) DEC = +19:11:22.38 (19.1895492)
Discovery date: 2024-10-11 02:36:02.001 (JD=2460594.6083565)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-11 02:36:02.001
Flux: 19.4584 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-11 02:32:33
Limiting flux: 19.131 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/2024xxo