TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225342 [ 2024TNSTR3469....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-12 09:21:15
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 2024vgk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abhgpic
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:41:59.543 (25.4980959) DEC = +17:09:08.78 (17.1524396)
Discovery date: 2024-09-05 09:57:14.996 (JD=2460558.9147569)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-05 09:57:14.996
Flux: 20.8185 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-03 10:04:05
Limiting flux: 20.6304 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/2024vgk