TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240277 [ 2025TNSTR..36....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-03 08:04:46
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 2024agkx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abzvvyt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:38:37.482 (129.6561735) DEC = +29:25:40.45 (29.4279022)
Discovery date: 2024-12-29 10:32:37.999 (JD=2460673.9393287)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-29 10:32:37.999
Flux: 20.028 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-27 09:40:12
Limiting flux: 18.218 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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