TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 238173 [ 2024TNSTR5161....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-30 06:30:44
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 2024afxt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abzpaoh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:27:46.172 (51.9423825) DEC = -09:21:49.91 (-9.363865)
Discovery date: 2024-12-22 04:33:50.999 (JD=2460666.6901736)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-22 04:33:50.999
Flux: 20.6871 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-20 07:35:29
Limiting flux: 19.9389 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/2024afxt