TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229207 [ 2024TNSTR4022....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-15 17:38:52
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Sophia Risin (UC Berkeley), 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 2024yfn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abmmbce
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:01:48.772 (135.4532186) DEC = +11:06:07.12 (11.1019765)
Discovery date: 2024-10-12 11:08:58.001 (JD=2460595.9645602)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-12 11:08:58.001
Flux: 19.7296 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-21 12:26:10
Limiting flux: 18.9847 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/2024yfn