TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218964 [ 2024TNSTR2480....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-17 15:13:29
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 2024pqj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aavltuo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:56:30.733 (344.1280557) DEC = -16:38:22.91 (-16.6396972)
Discovery date: 2024-07-09 09:30:07.997 (JD=2460500.8959259)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-09 09:30:07.997
Flux: 20.4689 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-30 11:31:48
Limiting flux: 19.6633 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/2024pqj