TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 235895 [ 2024TNSTR4911....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-14 09:33:31
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 2024adzo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abxxafd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:20:30.781 (125.1282521) DEC = +03:30:10.78 (3.5029931)
Discovery date: 2024-12-14 09:10:46.004 (JD=2460658.8824769)


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: 2024-12-14 09:10:46.004
Flux: 15.6071 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-10 09:58:55
Limiting flux: 19.6236 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/2024adzo