TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229236 [ 2024TNSTR4022....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-15 18:11:29
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Sophia Risin (UC Berkeley), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024ygd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaetbho
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:58:06.275 (104.5261447) DEC = +27:08:36.13 (27.1433687)
Discovery date: 2024-10-12 11:39:55.998 (JD=2460595.9860648)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-12 11:39:55.998
Flux: 19.7983 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-12 10:53:35
Limiting flux: 20.5212 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/2024ygd