TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233516 [ 2024TNSTR4633....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-25 08:29:48
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 2024accg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abrlezz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:53:52.980 (28.4707504) DEC = +12:02:32.65 (12.0424031)
Discovery date: 2024-11-09 04:41:17.998 (JD=2460623.6953472)


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: 2024-11-09 04:41:17.998
Flux: 20.065 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-09 04:12:01
Limiting flux: 20.0807 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024accg