TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222362 [ 2024TNSTR3041....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-22 04:32:54
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 2024sma
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abciwoj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:56:32.313 (254.1346389) DEC = +04:51:16.04 (4.8544561)
Discovery date: 2024-08-15 05:03:46.995 (JD=2460537.7109606)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-15 05:03:46.995
Flux: 20.3382 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-15 04:55:32
Limiting flux: 19.7525 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/2024sma