TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221237 [ 2024TNSTR2822....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-08 04:04:01
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 2024rpw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaxltzr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:29:24.932 (307.3538848) DEC = -19:32:06.57 (-19.5351573)
Discovery date: 2024-07-28 08:22:21.002 (JD=2460519.8488542)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-28 08:22:21.002
Flux: 20.0037 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-25 08:34:02
Limiting flux: 19.3385 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/2024rpw