TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220649 [ 2024TNSTR2745....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-03 14:11:12
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Eli Gendreau-Distler (UC Berkeley), 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 2024raj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaxqppv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:47:50.147 (11.9589463) DEC = +48:26:28.36 (48.4412104)
Discovery date: 2024-07-27 11:13:37.997 (JD=2460518.9678009)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-27 11:13:37.997
Flux: 20.4595 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-27 10:15:09
Limiting flux: 19.9925 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/2024raj