TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218656 [ 2024TNSTR2423....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-13 08:39:20
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 2024piw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aavozlj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:02:48.922 (255.7038411) DEC = -13:30:29.30 (-13.5081398)
Discovery date: 2024-06-30 06:35:11.002 (JD=2460491.7744329)


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 06:35:11.002
Flux: 20.8826 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-28 09:18:12
Limiting flux: 19.188 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/2024piw