TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224756 [ 2024TNSTR3346....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-06 09:06:54
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 2024utu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abeiqfc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:28:10.708 (37.0446148) DEC = +28:19:35.93 (28.3266463)
Discovery date: 2024-09-04 09:52:13.995 (JD=2460557.9112731)


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: 2024-09-04 09:52:13.995
Flux: 18.2043 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-02 10:15:07
Limiting flux: 20.5964 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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