TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 213538 [ 2024TNSTR1958....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-15 19:37:46
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 2024lhw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aasazoh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:14:28.003 (318.6166775) DEC = +16:16:48.57 (16.2801584)
Discovery date: 2024-06-14 09:41:24.000 (JD=2460475.90375)


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: 2024-06-14 09:41:24.000
Flux: 19.1139 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-12 10:37:23
Limiting flux: 20.5675 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/2024lhw