TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 234846 [ 2024TNSTR4744....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-03 07:24:07
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 2024adfv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abvkyfr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:02:56.348 (75.7347852) DEC = +18:32:50.73 (18.5474252)
Discovery date: 2024-11-26 05:42:02.998 (JD=2460640.7375347)


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: 2024-11-26 05:42:02.998
Flux: 21.2171 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-23 07:27:44
Limiting flux: 20.4057 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/2024adfv