TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232579 [ 2024TNSTR4498....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-14 12:21:00
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 2024abeo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24absdool
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:16:22.383 (169.0932618) DEC = +29:15:06.88 (29.2519122)
Discovery date: 2024-11-11 12:08:18.000 (JD=2460626.0057639)


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: 2024-11-11 12:08:18.000
Flux: 18.2532 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-09 11:45:37
Limiting flux: 19.9458 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/2024abeo