TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229545 [ 2024TNSTR4062....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-19 18:16:41
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: SN 2024ykq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abnfurd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:57:41.270 (164.4219571) DEC = -03:16:25.03 (-3.2736196)
Discovery date: 2024-10-15 12:49:05.998 (JD=2460599.0340972)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-15 12:49:05.998
Flux: 18.9112 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-14 12:54:31
Limiting flux: 18.4118 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/2024ykq