TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225779 [ 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 2024vqk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:36:13.440 (189.056) DEC = +62:14:38.21 (62.243947)
Discovery date: 2024-02-18 00:00:00.000 (JD=2460358.5)

Potential host galaxy: JADES-GN+189.05511+62.24386
Host redshift: 1.136


Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-02-18 00:00:00.000
Flux: 27.29 ABMag
Filter: F356W-JWST
Instrument: NIRCam
Telescope: James Webb Space Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-02-03 00:00:00
Limiting flux: 29.58 ABMag
Filter: F356W-JWST
Instrument: NIRCam
Telescope: James Webb Space Telescope


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