TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222508 [ 2024TNSTR3066....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-24 05:19:00
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 2024spi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abcjfdi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:44:39.761 (266.16567) DEC = +08:47:45.30 (8.7959167)
Discovery date: 2024-08-22 05:01:43.003 (JD=2460544.7095255)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-22 05:01:43.003
Flux: 19.9344 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-18 06:08:31
Limiting flux: 19.7283 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/2024spi