TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237001 [ 2024TNSTR5056....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-24 12:18:23
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 2024aevp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abzlfhf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:57:30.044 (179.3751817) DEC = -14:38:19.22 (-14.6386732)
Discovery date: 2024-12-24 11:04:37.997 (JD=2460668.9615509)


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: 2024-12-24 11:04:37.997
Flux: 17.854 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-21 12:57:46
Limiting flux: 19.8023 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/2024aevp