TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236316 [ 2024TNSTR4972....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-19 10:24:19
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K-Ryan Hinds (LJMU), 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 2024aegj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abydgmd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:03:50.657 (345.9610702) DEC = +20:41:08.17 (20.6856014)
Discovery date: 2024-12-05 04:11:41.000 (JD=2460649.6747801)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-05 04:11:41.000
Flux: 20.8496 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-03 04:00:38
Limiting flux: 19.586 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/2024aegj