TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230586 [ 2024TNSTR4171....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-26 08:32:25
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 2024zky
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abohxri
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:43:06.722 (70.7780079) DEC = +58:44:30.26 (58.741738)
Discovery date: 2024-10-24 07:07:31.995 (JD=2460607.7968981)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-24 07:07:31.995
Flux: 19.4538 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-20 09:22:01
Limiting flux: 19.7781 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/2024zky