TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216156 [ 2024TNSTR2164....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-28 16:46:34
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 2024nbm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aatlxli
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:34:59.320 (53.7471657) DEC = +26:34:31.08 (26.5752989)
Discovery date: 2024-06-27 11:26:51.002 (JD=2460488.9769792)


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: 2024-06-27 11:26:51.002
Flux: 18.5273 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-26 11:35:31
Limiting flux: 18.3265 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/2024nbm