TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221931 [ 2024TNSTR2940....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-14 15:48:13
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Gabrielle Stewart (UC Berkeley), 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 2024seq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abamnfx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:58:20.067 (104.5836137) DEC = +39:58:00.00 (39.9666671)
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 11:56:10.996 (JD=2460528.9973495)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-06 11:56:10.996
Flux: 19.5032 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-04 12:03:26
Limiting flux: 18.7478 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/2024seq