TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222618 [ 2024TNSTR3083....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-25 07:42:34
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 2024ssg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abctwvl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:52:18.554 (283.0773099) DEC = +49:15:04.19 (49.2511625)
Discovery date: 2024-08-08 07:54:04.996 (JD=2460530.8292245)


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: 2024-08-08 07:54:04.996
Flux: 19.239 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-08 06:40:26
Limiting flux: 20.725 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/2024ssg