TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230121 [ 2024TNSTR4122....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-23 13:42:21
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 2024yyn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aboduma
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:12:31.897 (168.1329059) DEC = +05:40:13.21 (5.6703353)
Discovery date: 2024-10-14 12:44:42.002 (JD=2460598.0310417)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-14 12:44:42.002
Flux: 19.6649 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-14 12:44:01
Limiting flux: 19.219 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/2024yyn