TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226377 [ 2024TNSTR3689....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-24 07:46:52
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 2024wcq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abirrwi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:43:08.851 (340.786878) DEC = -16:49:22.50 (-16.8229167)
Discovery date: 2024-09-11 06:33:57.000 (JD=2460564.7735764)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-11 06:33:57.000
Flux: 20.3664 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-09 07:24:40
Limiting flux: 19.9963 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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