TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240143 [ 2025TNSTR...9....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-01 15:51:19
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Viraj Karambelkar (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024agis
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23abkivwm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:32:43.220 (248.1800813) DEC = -02:28:47.39 (-2.4798298)
Discovery date: 2024-12-29 13:40:57.002 (JD=2460674.0701042)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-29 13:40:57.002
Flux: 18.722 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-29 13:33:20
Limiting flux: 19.4455 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/2024agis