TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220425 [ 2024TNSTR2722....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-02 06:46:57
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 2024qwk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaybfbo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:50:07.111 (237.529628) DEC = +27:54:09.86 (27.9027402)
Discovery date: 2024-07-29 04:42:34.004 (JD=2460520.6962269)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-29 04:42:34.004
Flux: 20.452 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-27 06:41:01
Limiting flux: 20.2297 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/2024qwk