TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 235627 [ 2024TNSTR4869....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-11 07:02:09
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: SN 2024advj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abxpkhb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:58:33.386 (14.6391086) DEC = +45:00:40.63 (45.0112874)
Discovery date: 2024-12-11 04:35:36.000 (JD=2460655.6913889)


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: 2024-12-11 04:35:36.000
Flux: 17.8751 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-09 04:20:30
Limiting flux: 20.2015 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/2024advj