TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221656 [ 2024TNSTR2902....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-12 12:08:28
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 2024rzh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abampnm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:27:29.130 (111.8713744) DEC = +31:21:35.76 (31.359932)
Discovery date: 2024-08-10 12:04:47.003 (JD=2460533.0033218)


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: 2024-08-10 12:04:47.003
Flux: 18.291 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No non-detections prior to first detection in ZTF Public+Partnership, ZTF Public alert streams

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024rzh