TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 213023 [ 2024TNSTR1896....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-11 23:56:34
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 2024kzs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aarnngl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:30:55.185 (37.7299375) DEC = +30:51:55.92 (30.865533)
Discovery date: 2024-06-10 11:30:39.997 (JD=2460471.9796296)


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: 2024-06-10 11:30:39.997
Flux: 17.4793 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-09 11:25:39
Limiting flux: 18.993 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/2024kzs