TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232368 [ 2024TNSTR4484....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-13 07:27:36
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), 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 2024aazj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abslbpq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:13:33.620 (78.3900829) DEC = +19:03:45.83 (19.0627316)
Discovery date: 2024-10-23 08:20:49.997 (JD=2460606.8478009)


Remarks: Bright (m_peak <= 18.5) transient candidate identified autonomously by BTSbot (Rehemtulla et al. 2024; arXiv:2401.15167).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-23 08:20:49.997
Flux: 20.5225 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-19 09:41:42
Limiting flux: 19.1736 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/2024aazj