TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233028 [ 2024TNSTR4572....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-21 10:32:40
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 2024abqc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abtiont
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:46:01.041 (176.5043356) DEC = +41:53:38.26 (41.8939601)
Discovery date: 2024-11-21 10:13:14.001 (JD=2460635.9258565)


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: 2024-11-21 10:13:14.001
Flux: 16.4427 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-20 11:51:58
Limiting flux: 19.5181 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/2024abqc