TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237659 [ 2024TNSTR5142....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-29 08:21:21
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 2024afjk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abzsfuo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:34:18.243 (38.5760119) DEC = +22:12:31.16 (22.2086556)
Discovery date: 2024-12-29 05:59:41.000 (JD=2460673.7497801)


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: 2024-12-29 05:59:41.000
Flux: 18.1004 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-27 04:34:13
Limiting flux: 17.046 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/2024afjk