TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 214637 [ 2024TNSTR2005....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-18 16:37:56
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: AT 2024los
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aasjjxc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:33:58.823 (278.4950974) DEC = +18:03:47.90 (18.0633058)
Discovery date: 2024-06-18 07:35:11.999 (JD=2460479.8161111)


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: 2024-06-18 07:35:11.999
Flux: 18.7474 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-15 09:30:39
Limiting flux: 20.6994 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/2024los