TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220469 [ 2024TNSTR2720....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-02 12:28:08
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024qxb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaxerhe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:59:03.164 (254.7631849) DEC = -25:45:41.87 (-25.7616318)
Discovery date: 2024-07-26 05:01:40.998 (JD=2460517.7095023)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-26 05:01:40.998
Flux: 19.3904 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-24 05:03:22
Limiting flux: 20.0227 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/2024qxb