TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210591 [ 2024TNSTR1574....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-18 09:39:56
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 2024jbf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aanrbmb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:42:30.298 (250.6262415) DEC = -06:53:38.29 (-6.8939685)
Discovery date: 2024-05-14 08:34:08.999 (JD=2460444.8570486)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-14 08:34:08.999
Flux: 20.0295 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-12 08:59:58
Limiting flux: 20.4868 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/2024jbf