TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 235698 [ 2024TNSTR4886....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-12 04:35:47
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 2024adws
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abxtycc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:26:04.993 (6.5208038) DEC = +28:41:45.01 (28.6958364)
Discovery date: 2024-12-05 04:53:11.999 (JD=2460649.7036111)


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: 2024-12-05 04:53:11.999
Flux: 21.0439 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-03 05:20:02
Limiting flux: 20.2 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/2024adws