TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223924 [ 2024TNSTR3213....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-31 11:44:43
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 2024uai
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abejmqz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:32:18.780 (113.0782493) DEC = +85:42:28.45 (85.707904)
Discovery date: 2024-08-31 10:56:58.004 (JD=2460553.9562269)


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: 2024-08-31 10:56:58.004
Flux: 16.5789 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-28 10:42:11
Limiting flux: 19.5564 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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