TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227441 [ 2024TNSTR3833....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-02 17:12:49
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

VISHWAJEET Swain (IIT Bombay, India), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile Du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024xcg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abkasqq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:33:58.242 (8.4926768) DEC = +16:42:33.31 (16.7092534)
Discovery date: 2024-09-29 08:11:32.000 (JD=2460582.8413426)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-29 08:11:32.000
Flux: 20.4221 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-28 09:52:18
Limiting flux: 19.8024 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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