TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219249 [ 2024TNSTR2553....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-23 09:41:18
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 2024pxl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aawrofs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:32:27.352 (263.113965) DEC = +07:03:44.81 (7.0624476)
Discovery date: 2024-07-23 06:34:48.002 (JD=2460514.7741667)


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: 2024-07-23 06:34:48.002
Flux: 17.668 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-21 06:04:13
Limiting flux: 19.3732 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/2024pxl