TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224049 [ 2024TNSTR3233....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-01 11:23:05
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 2024udf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abciekd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:07:23.389 (91.8474541) DEC = +87:14:21.73 (87.2393684)
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 10:21:45.999 (JD=2460554.9317824)


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: 2024-09-01 10:21:45.999
Flux: 17.9246 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-31 10:56:58
Limiting flux: 19.7108 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/2024udf