TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225134 [ 2024TNSTR3403....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-09 10:27:03
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jyotsna Ravi (UC Berkeley), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024vcd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abezynm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:21:36.061 (125.4002524) DEC = +20:13:14.45 (20.2206812)
Discovery date: 2024-08-30 12:18:06.998 (JD=2460553.012581)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-30 12:18:06.998
Flux: 19.6379 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-30 12:17:26
Limiting flux: 19.0435 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/2024vcd