Discovery certificate for object 2024zka
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230545 [ 2024TNSTR4149....1J ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-25 16:24:57
Sender: Young Supernova Experiment (YSE_Bot1)
Reporting Group: YSE     Discovery Data Source: Pan-STARRS

D. O. Jones (UC Santa Cruz), K. D. French (Carnegie, Illinois), A. Agnello, C. R. Angus, Z. Ansari, N. Arendse, C. Gall, C. Grillo, S. H. Bruun, C. Hede, J. Hjorth, L. Izzo, H. Korhonen, S. Raimundo, D. Kodi Ramanah, A. Sarangi, R. Wojtak, H. Pfister (DARK, U Copenhagen), K. Auchettl (DARK, UC Santa Cruz, U Melbourne), K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, E. A. Magnier, T. J. L. de Boer, J. R. Fairlamb, C. C. Lin, R. J. Wainscoat, T. Lowe, H. Gao, J. Herman, A. S. B. Schultz, P. Minguez (IfA, Hawaii), A. Engel, A. Gagliano, G. Narayan, M. Soraisam (Illinois), Q. Wang (JHU), A. Rest (JHU, STScI), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Queen's University Belfast), K. Alexander, P. Blanchard, L. DeMarchi, A. Hajela, W. Jacobson-Galan, R. Margutti, D. Matthews, C. Stauffer, M. Stroh, G. Terreran (Northwestern), M. Drout (U Toronto), D. A. Coulter, G. Dimitriadis, R. J. Foley, T. Hung, C. D. Kilpatrick, C. Rojas-Bravo, M. R. Siebert (UC Santa Cruz), E. Ramirez-Ruiz (UC Santa Cruz, DARK) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024zka
Discoverer internal name: PS24kfo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:22:57.547 (35.7397792919) DEC = -00:52:25.51 (-0.873751929681)
Discovery date: 2024-10-25 11:46:54.624 (JD=2460608.99091)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-25 11:46:54.624
Flux: 19.9 ABMag
Filter: g-P1
Instrument: GPC1
Telescope: Pan-STARRS1

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

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