TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225771 [ 2024TNSTR3565....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-18 23:10:51
Date made public:
Sender: JADES_bot
Reporting Group: CONGRESS     Discovery Data Source: CONGRESS

C. DeCoursey, on behalf of JADES and CONGRESS report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024vqc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:36:44.670 (189.186125) DEC = +62:10:34.25 (62.176181)
Discovery date: 2024-02-18 00:00:00.000 (JD=2460358.5)

Potential host galaxy: JADES-GN+189.18608+62.17606
Host redshift: 3.237


Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-02-18 00:00:00.000
Flux: 28.3 ABMag
Filter: F115W-JWST
Instrument: NIRCam
Telescope: James Webb Space Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-02-03 00:00:00
Limiting flux: 29.07 ABMag
Filter: F115W-JWST
Instrument: NIRCam
Telescope: James Webb Space Telescope


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