TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236281 [ 2024TNSTR4971....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-19 05:16:42
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 2024aefk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abwmcrv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:50:26.834 (357.6118073) DEC = +37:10:23.84 (37.1732898)
Discovery date: 2024-12-04 04:14:50.000 (JD=2460648.6769676)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-04 04:14:50.000
Flux: 20.8609 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-04 03:46:54
Limiting flux: 20.59 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/2024aefk