TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228775 [ 2024TNSTR3958....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-11 03:57:49
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 2024xtx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24ablnohc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:01:00.524 (285.2521813) DEC = +32:02:23.58 (32.0398845)
Discovery date: 2024-10-09 02:47:15.999 (JD=2460592.6161574)


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: 2024-10-09 02:47:15.999
Flux: 19.1716 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-26 05:27:31
Limiting flux: 19.8039 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/2024xtx