Discovery certificate for object 2024zal
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230216 [ 2024TNSTR4135....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-24 08:42:51
Sender: ZTF (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 2024zal
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abmsfvk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:18:17.952 (64.5748005) DEC = +02:52:05.72 (2.8682565)
Discovery date: 2024-10-13 10:38:34.995 (JD=2460596.9434606)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-13 10:38:34.995
Flux: 20.3769 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-13 10:37:14
Limiting flux: 20.7573 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/2024zal