TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218503 [ 2024TNSTR2362....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-10 11:49:33
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 2024pfi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaumxrc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:06:01.633 (241.5068026) DEC = +16:50:53.38 (16.8481612)
Discovery date: 2024-07-07 04:35:17.001 (JD=2460498.691169)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-07 04:35:17.001
Flux: 20.594 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-04 04:31:28
Limiting flux: 19.7538 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/2024pfi