TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224568 [ 2024TNSTR3321....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-05 10:24:44
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 2024upy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abfbska
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:55:21.464 (343.8394313) DEC = -08:13:11.11 (-8.2197527)
Discovery date: 2024-09-03 06:08:34.995 (JD=2460556.7559606)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-03 06:08:34.995
Flux: 20.225 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-01 09:14:52
Limiting flux: 20.4289 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/2024upy