TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 213018 [ 2024TNSTR1896....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-11 21:02:35
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 2024kzq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaqwmpl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:39:04.206 (324.7675257) DEC = +27:13:49.12 (27.2303111)
Discovery date: 2024-06-07 10:49:52.000 (JD=2460468.9512963)


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: 2024-06-07 10:49:52.000
Flux: 18.5817 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-03 10:41:11
Limiting flux: 20.8665 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/2024kzq