TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 214987 [ 2024TNSTR2042....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-21 13:21:41
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 2024lxx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aarpfty
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:37:22.441 (264.3435045) DEC = +34:19:16.62 (34.3212828)
Discovery date: 2024-06-07 09:44:38.996 (JD=2460468.9060069)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-07 09:44:38.996
Flux: 20.4682 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-07 08:40:04
Limiting flux: 20.7523 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/2024lxx