TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220040 [ 2024TNSTR2664....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-30 08:31:32
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 2024qoa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaxleyw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:18:09.178 (274.5382397) DEC = +71:33:23.42 (71.5565053)
Discovery date: 2024-07-16 06:35:34.002 (JD=2460507.7746991)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-16 06:35:34.002
Flux: 20.4698 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-16 06:11:41
Limiting flux: 19.7792 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/2024qoa