TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 211455 [ 2024TNSTR1722....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-30 04:29:24
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 2024jup
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaovevh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:28:52.956 (172.2206481) DEC = -15:35:34.08 (-15.5928008)
Discovery date: 2024-05-27 05:05:55.999 (JD=2460457.7124537)


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: 2024-05-27 05:05:55.999
Flux: 19.0246 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-22 05:49:30
Limiting flux: 18.6236 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/2024jup