TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236480 [ 2024TNSTR4990....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-20 13:13:55
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 2024aejq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abwsmxe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:45:02.482 (176.2603405) DEC = +07:57:45.77 (7.9627148)
Discovery date: 2024-12-06 11:34:27.998 (JD=2460650.9822685)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-06 11:34:27.998
Flux: 20.168 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-04 12:07:26
Limiting flux: 19.4552 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024aejq