TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 235992 [ 2024TNSTR4920....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-15 11:13:21
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 2024aeay
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aacvqmy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:12:39.586 (123.1649435) DEC = -16:03:02.97 (-16.0508254)
Discovery date: 2024-12-01 08:34:43.999 (JD=2460645.8574537)


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: 2024-12-01 08:34:43.999
Flux: 16.7066 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-29 09:34:29
Limiting flux: 18.314 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/2024aeay