TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224181 [ 2024TNSTR3249....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-02 07:14:38
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 2024ufw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abemref
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:44:59.913 (326.2496365) DEC = -17:03:25.45 (-17.0570704)
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 07:17:59.000 (JD=2460554.8041551)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 07:17:59.000
Flux: 19.9224 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-01 07:15:57
Limiting flux: 20.0084 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/2024ufw