TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219060 [ 2024TNSTR2503....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-19 07:59:04
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 2024psu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aawmdib
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:59:46.297 (254.9429036) DEC = -12:00:09.44 (-12.0026217)
Discovery date: 2024-07-07 05:05:54.003 (JD=2460498.7124306)


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: 2024-07-07 05:05:54.003
Flux: 19.9137 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-30 09:06:20
Limiting flux: 19.886 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/2024psu