TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221922 [ 2024TNSTR2941....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-14 12:19:28
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 2024sej
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abacbsf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:01:23.458 (330.3477397) DEC = -08:21:21.78 (-8.3560505)
Discovery date: 2024-08-09 08:01:40.998 (JD=2460531.8345023)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-09 08:01:40.998
Flux: 19.8464 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-07 08:59:41
Limiting flux: 20.1446 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/2024sej