TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240263 [ 2025TNSTR..36....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-03 06:13:03
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 2024agkn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abzxvan
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:10:40.514 (62.6688065) DEC = +29:40:52.80 (29.6813341)
Discovery date: 2024-12-27 06:59:22.997 (JD=2460671.7912384)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-27 06:59:22.997
Flux: 20.8419 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-27 06:52:05
Limiting flux: 20.3581 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/2024agkn