TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219257 [ 2024TNSTR2552....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-23 12:15:31
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K-Ryan Hinds (LJMU), 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 2024pxs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aavzdkw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:28:04.357 (277.0181547) DEC = +82:29:53.02 (82.4980598)
Discovery date: 2024-07-16 06:34:09.001 (JD=2460507.7737153)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-16 06:34:09.001
Flux: 20.1582 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-14 07:12:50
Limiting flux: 19.8935 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/2024pxs