TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229433 [ 2024TNSTR4046....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-17 12:29:42
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 2024yhz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abnfoea
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:45:56.150 (161.4839592) DEC = +59:04:15.13 (59.0708704)
Discovery date: 2024-10-17 11:52:03.002 (JD=2460600.9944792)


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: 2024-10-17 11:52:03.002
Flux: 17.7976 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-09 12:14:12
Limiting flux: 19.2912 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/2024yhz