TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229104 [ 2024TNSTR4002....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-14 02:46:19
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 2024ycr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24ablvhhd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:09:20.500 (272.3354157) DEC = +06:00:35.14 (6.0097614)
Discovery date: 2024-10-10 04:07:16.003 (JD=2460593.671713)


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: 2024-10-10 04:07:16.003
Flux: 19.3918 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-10 03:04:58
Limiting flux: 19.871 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/2024ycr