TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 217645 [ 2024TNSTR2316....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-08 07:23:11
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 2024oqc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aauewdv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:56:15.813 (254.0658884) DEC = +15:42:02.96 (15.7008215)
Discovery date: 2024-06-30 06:56:28.003 (JD=2460491.789213)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-30 06:56:28.003
Flux: 20.9973 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-30 06:26:15
Limiting flux: 20.7802 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/2024oqc