TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220484 [ 2024TNSTR2720....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-02 12:49:36
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 2024qxm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aawxneb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:13:20.033 (168.3334696) DEC = +40:34:38.38 (40.5773289)
Discovery date: 2024-07-16 04:15:40.000 (JD=2460507.6775463)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-16 04:15:40.000
Flux: 19.9264 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-16 04:10:39
Limiting flux: 19.2375 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/2024qxm