TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221564 [ 2024TNSTR2878....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-11 13:15:24
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 2024rxk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abahuvi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:52:41.440 (298.172668) DEC = -14:09:56.93 (-14.1658149)
Discovery date: 2024-08-10 06:24:11.001 (JD=2460532.766794)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-10 06:24:11.001
Flux: 19.6511 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-08 07:35:39
Limiting flux: 20.2599 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/2024rxk