TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220624 [ 2024TNSTR2746....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-03 10:16:09
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 2024rac
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaxzwcr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:07:26.580 (16.8607489) DEC = +34:09:26.60 (34.157389)
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 10:16:04.995 (JD=2460524.9278356)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 10:16:04.995
Flux: 20.0601 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-30 10:16:40
Limiting flux: 19.9848 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/2024rac