TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222205 [ 2024TNSTR2986....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-17 13:24:52
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Eli Gendreau-Distler (UC Berkeley), 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 2024sjm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abcbmen
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:59:40.290 (104.9178765) DEC = +45:17:44.91 (45.295809)
Discovery date: 2024-08-15 11:48:00.002 (JD=2460537.9916667)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-15 11:48:00.002
Flux: 20.0136 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-14 11:58:23
Limiting flux: 19.5413 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/2024sjm