TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224869 [ 2024TNSTR3365....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-07 11:16:21
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 2024uwd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abgbknw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:49:32.552 (12.3856318) DEC = +07:19:02.34 (7.3173161)
Discovery date: 2024-08-12 09:38:37.999 (JD=2460534.9018287)


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: 2024-08-12 09:38:37.999
Flux: 18.9233 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-11 10:12:16
Limiting flux: 20.9966 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/2024uwd