TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224881 [ 2024TNSTR3365....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-07 14:10:38
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 2024uwn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abgfibg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:49:10.915 (42.2954788) DEC = +02:08:01.31 (2.1336985)
Discovery date: 2024-09-07 10:25:47.997 (JD=2460560.9345833)


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: 2024-09-07 10:25:47.997
Flux: 18.6497 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-07 09:42:47
Limiting flux: 20.3142 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/2024uwn