TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225773 [ 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 2024vqe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:36:30.490 (189.127042) DEC = +62:16:26.01 (62.273892)
Discovery date: 2024-02-18 00:00:00.000 (JD=2460358.5)

Potential host galaxy: JADES-GN+189.12712+62.27391
Host redshift: 2.492


Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-02-18 00:00:00.000
Flux: 28.14 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/2024vqe