TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222331 [ 2024TNSTR3021....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-20 13:28:35
Date made public:
Sender: Jacob Wise
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jacob Wise (LJMU), Ragnhild Lunnan (OKC), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Lin Yan (Caltech), Priscila Pessi, Anamaria Gkini, Sean Brennan, Jesper Sollerman (OKC), Steve Schulze (Northwestern), Ting-Wan Chen (NCU), Avishay Gal-Yam (Weizmann) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024sli
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aartvyz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:11:19.300 (242.830417) DEC = +45:08:36.56 (45.143489)
Discovery date: 2024-06-01 07:20:30.019 (JD=2460462.805903)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-01 07:20:30.019
Flux: 21.35 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-01 07:19:09
Limiting flux: 21.017 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024sli