TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 214609 [ 2024TNSTR2005....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-18 10:33:16
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 2024lol
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aasgaac
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:49:38.725 (237.4113552) DEC = -07:14:28.27 (-7.2411866)
Discovery date: 2024-06-15 06:35:30.001 (JD=2460476.7746528)


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: 2024-06-15 06:35:30.001
Flux: 20.2246 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-15 06:07:56
Limiting flux: 20.0041 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/2024lol