TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232492 [ 2024TNSTR4498....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-14 09:12:49
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: SN 2024abby
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abrpezq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:37:07.079 (114.2794975) DEC = +61:16:00.82 (61.2668943)
Discovery date: 2024-11-09 12:55:15.997 (JD=2460624.0383796)


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: 2024-11-09 12:55:15.997
Flux: 19.6548 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-09 07:26:32
Limiting flux: 19.8691 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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