TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220471 [ 2024TNSTR2724....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-02 12:29:38
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Kate Bostow (UC Berkeley), 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 2024qxd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aauntes
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:28:15.810 (277.065876) DEC = +82:55:17.79 (82.9216076)
Discovery date: 2024-07-08 07:18:31.003 (JD=2460499.8045255)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-08 07:18:31.003
Flux: 19.9985 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-03 09:50:20
Limiting flux: 20.1086 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/2024qxd