TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231339 [ 2024TNSTR4283....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-02 10:24:28
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 2024zzz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abqbavo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:42:26.300 (55.6095833) DEC = +09:12:19.37 (9.2053811)
Discovery date: 2024-11-02 09:36:21.997 (JD=2460616.9002546)


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: 2024-11-02 09:36:21.997
Flux: 18.0656 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-30 10:39:16
Limiting flux: 20.2177 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/2024zzz