TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228716 [ 2024TNSTR3946....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-10 12:51:57
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 2024xsk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24ablestl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:18:11.757 (169.5489862) DEC = +26:03:23.51 (26.0565317)
Discovery date: 2024-10-03 12:37:42.003 (JD=2460587.0261806)


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: 2024-10-03 12:37:42.003
Flux: 18.606 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-03 12:36:06
Limiting flux: 19.1752 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/2024xsk