TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229146 [ 2024TNSTR4000....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-14 14:20:00
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 2024ydx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abmkpkm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:55:15.325 (133.8138543) DEC = +04:17:35.45 (4.29318)
Discovery date: 2024-10-12 11:07:35.999 (JD=2460595.9636111)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-12 11:07:35.999
Flux: 19.3807 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-22 12:27:48
Limiting flux: 19.1816 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/2024ydx