TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232912 [ 2024TNSTR4559....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-20 04:38:28
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 2024abnb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abtalyw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:10:53.045 (317.721021) DEC = +04:10:27.81 (4.1743906)
Discovery date: 2024-11-15 04:06:30.003 (JD=2460629.6711806)


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: 2024-11-15 04:06:30.003
Flux: 19.0506 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-13 03:37:46
Limiting flux: 18.9934 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/2024abnb