TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225513 [ 2024TNSTR3517....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-15 07:37:04
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), 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 2024vka
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abdkbub
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:00:26.373 (225.109888) DEC = +39:09:03.98 (39.1511045)
Discovery date: 2024-09-12 03:23:14.003 (JD=2460565.6411343)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-12 03:23:14.003
Flux: 18.6446 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-09 04:46:52
Limiting flux: 19.5893 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024vka