TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228818 [ 2024TNSTR3956....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-11 14:40:19
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), 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 2024xus
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aadfwkv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:29:22.387 (127.3432807) DEC = +39:11:15.77 (39.1877141)
Discovery date: 2024-10-10 10:22:10.001 (JD=2460593.9320602)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-10 10:22:10.001
Flux: 19.2842 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-09 12:23:06
Limiting flux: 19.735 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/2024xus