TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226047 [ 2024TNSTR3651....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-22 06:40:00
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 2024vuw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abijwan
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:14:17.549 (333.5731204) DEC = -07:20:51.00 (-7.3475008)
Discovery date: 2024-09-15 08:05:58.004 (JD=2460568.8374769)


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: 2024-09-15 08:05:58.004
Flux: 19.9212 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-15 06:58:44
Limiting flux: 19.4011 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/2024vuw