TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233507 [ 2024TNSTR4633....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-25 08:07:35
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 2024accd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abrrirh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:34:09.090 (23.537876) DEC = +07:13:04.47 (7.2179077)
Discovery date: 2024-11-10 06:39:45.002 (JD=2460624.7776042)


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: 2024-11-10 06:39:45.002
Flux: 19.5528 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-09 04:40:37
Limiting flux: 20.1302 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/2024accd