TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 213107 [ 2024TNSTR1913....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-12 19:15:56
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 2024lby
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aarvbxj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:22:40.784 (305.6699327) DEC = -08:10:41.95 (-8.1783198)
Discovery date: 2024-06-12 09:34:22.998 (JD=2460473.8988773)


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: 2024-06-12 09:34:22.998
Flux: 18.1862 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-10 08:56:09
Limiting flux: 20.221 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/2024lby