Discovery certificate for object 2024aast
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232079 [ 2024TNSTR4405....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-09 07:48:40
Sender: ZTF (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 2024aast
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abqxxhh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:59:38.363 (344.9098439) DEC = -16:07:30.70 (-16.1251944)
Discovery date: 2024-11-06 04:34:43.996 (JD=2460620.690787)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-06 04:34:43.996
Flux: 19.3478 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-06 03:02:20
Limiting flux: 19.3949 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/2024aast