TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229296 [ 2024TNSTR4036....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-16 11:28:24
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 2024yhb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abmnpir
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:02:31.116 (0.6296504) DEC = -20:14:19.55 (-20.2387645)
Discovery date: 2024-10-13 04:58:53.002 (JD=2460596.7075579)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-13 04:58:53.002
Flux: 19.3232 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-12 07:35:08
Limiting flux: 19.2208 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/2024yhb