Discovery certificate for object 2024vgd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225317 [ 2024TNSTR3469....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-12 04:53:30
Sender: ZTF (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: SN 2024vgd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abhexdw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:07:56.805 (256.9866855) DEC = +18:12:54.83 (18.2152292)
Discovery date: 2024-08-26 05:10:23.001 (JD=2460548.715544)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-26 05:10:23.001
Flux: 20.4193 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-24 05:55:43
Limiting flux: 19.7814 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/2024vgd