TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240433 [ 2025TNSTR..51....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-04 13:28:22
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Yashvi Sharma (Caltech), 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 2024agly
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24acahvpc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:35:52.349 (233.9681221) DEC = +14:31:04.00 (14.5177786)
Discovery date: 2024-12-31 12:42:47.998 (JD=2460676.0297222)


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: 2024-12-31 12:42:47.998
Flux: 16.9316 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-14 13:27:40
Limiting flux: 16.0612 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/2024agly