TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216291 [ 2024TNSTR2188....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-30 06:18:17
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 2024neg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aatzgha
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:07:07.620 (226.7817491) DEC = -13:06:34.14 (-13.1094831)
Discovery date: 2024-06-30 04:32:54.000 (JD=2460491.6895139)


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: 2024-06-30 04:32:54.000
Flux: 18.2234 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-28 07:37:20
Limiting flux: 19.5945 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/2024neg