TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233271 [ 2024TNSTR4609....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-23 08:17:03
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 2024abwb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abtreip
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:32:37.970 (98.1582104) DEC = +31:36:00.92 (31.6002543)
Discovery date: 2024-11-23 06:53:42.996 (JD=2460637.7873032)


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: 2024-11-23 06:53:42.996
Flux: 17.8997 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-22 10:07:35
Limiting flux: 20.0523 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/2024abwb