TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 212475 [ 2024TNSTR1849....1Z ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-08 15:07:38
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Yoomee Zeng (UC Berkeley), 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: SN 2024knu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaotlsk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:18:04.660 (229.5194163) DEC = +14:23:38.55 (14.3940406)
Discovery date: 2024-05-26 07:50:41.999 (JD=2460456.826875)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-26 07:50:41.999
Flux: 20.0224 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-25 07:33:50
Limiting flux: 19.0185 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/2024knu