TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 235699 [ 2024TNSTR4886....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-12 04:44:39
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 2024adwt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abxubyx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:19:26.014 (4.8583932) DEC = +20:34:06.42 (20.5684504)
Discovery date: 2024-12-05 04:53:52.995 (JD=2460649.7040856)


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 04:53:52.995
Flux: 21.1362 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-05 04:07:35
Limiting flux: 20.531 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/2024adwt