TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226364 [ 2024TNSTR3689....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-24 07:40:32
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024wcf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abiifiw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:02:40.391 (270.6682968) DEC = +29:04:42.91 (29.078586)
Discovery date: 2024-09-22 03:27:28.995 (JD=2460575.6440856)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-22 03:27:28.995
Flux: 19.6735 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-19 04:35:27
Limiting flux: 19.9234 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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