TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222369 [ 2024TNSTR3041....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-22 09:04:44
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 2024smh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abcknpt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:15:59.783 (33.9990976) DEC = +30:54:12.48 (30.9034665)
Discovery date: 2024-08-17 10:12:36.002 (JD=2460539.9254167)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-17 10:12:36.002
Flux: 20.3096 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-17 09:11:20
Limiting flux: 20.0838 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/2024smh