TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224075 [ 2024TNSTR3233....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-01 12:05:27
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 2024udp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abcierm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:04:05.406 (106.0225246) DEC = +50:34:10.55 (50.5695961)
Discovery date: 2024-08-23 11:39:30.000 (JD=2460545.9857639)


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: 2024-08-23 11:39:30.000
Flux: 17.9215 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-15 12:12:55
Limiting flux: 18.0821 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/2024udp