TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236115 [ 2024TNSTR4931....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-16 08:33:54
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 2024aecj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abxvulk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:20:53.900 (50.224585) DEC = +41:47:30.81 (41.7918914)
Discovery date: 2024-12-16 07:25:36.998 (JD=2460660.809456)


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: 2024-12-16 07:25:36.998
Flux: 18.0705 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-12 04:36:55
Limiting flux: 17.2093 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/2024aecj