TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221275 [ 2024TNSTR2825....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-08 17:16:14
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

VISHWAJEET Swain (IIT Bombay, India), 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 2024rql
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaysjxq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:06:31.680 (16.6319989) DEC = -02:20:09.06 (-2.3358503)
Discovery date: 2024-08-04 10:26:45.003 (JD=2460526.9352431)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-04 10:26:45.003
Flux: 20.0995 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-04 09:34:59
Limiting flux: 20.4622 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/2024rql