TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223595 [ 2024TNSTR3139....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-28 07:33:07
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Kate Bostow (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 2024ttb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aawsekm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:07:55.741 (256.9822544) DEC = +40:57:00.18 (40.9500503)
Discovery date: 2024-08-22 03:57:58.999 (JD=2460544.6652662)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-22 03:57:58.999
Flux: 19.9372 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-21 08:59:44
Limiting flux: 18.6971 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/2024ttb