Discovery certificate for object 2024zkx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230584 [ 2024TNSTR4167....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-26 07:37:55
Sender: Pan-STARRS1 (PS1_Bot1)
Reporting Group: Pan-STARRS     Discovery Data Source: Pan-STARRS

K. C. Chambers, T. de Boer, J. Herman, J. Fairlamb, M. Huber, C.-C. Lin, T. Lowe, E. Magnier, A. Schultz, R. J. Wainscoat, H. Gao, P. Minguez (IfA, University of Hawaii), K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, S. Srivastav, M. Fulton, S. J. Smartt, M. Nicholl, T. Moore, J. Weston, C. R. Angus, S. Sim (Queen's University Belfast), D. E. Wright (University of Minnesota) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024zkx
Discoverer internal name: PS24kfw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:44:04.970 (341.020706519) DEC = -03:08:15.65 (-3.13768004193)
Discovery date: 2024-10-25 05:13:42.240 (JD=2460608.71785)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-25 05:13:42.240
Flux: 20.06 ABMag
Filter: w-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/2024zkx