TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230678 [ 2024TNSTR4177....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-27 00:09:33
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Ansel Parke (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 2024zng
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abocyyu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:56:06.172 (134.0257149) DEC = +00:36:19.59 (0.6054413)
Discovery date: 2024-10-21 11:55:54.001 (JD=2460604.9971528)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-21 11:55:54.001
Flux: 19.7946 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-19 11:05:23
Limiting flux: 18.601 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/2024zng