TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225534 [ 2024TNSTR3517....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-15 15:54:37
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 2024vkn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abhhzrp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:30:21.631 (52.5901312) DEC = -14:04:13.90 (-14.0705281)
Discovery date: 2024-09-12 09:39:40.000 (JD=2460565.9025463)


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: 2024-09-12 09:39:40.000
Flux: 19.8975 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-11 10:57:33
Limiting flux: 19.8721 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/2024vkn