TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215884 [ 2024TNSTR2124....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-26 07:24:09
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 2024mvd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aatdjua
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:29:33.321 (217.3888377) DEC = -09:33:40.54 (-9.5612612)
Discovery date: 2024-06-24 05:34:53.002 (JD=2460485.7325579)


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: 2024-06-24 05:34:53.002
Flux: 18.1334 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-22 06:38:44
Limiting flux: 19.4831 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/2024mvd