TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221308 [ 2024TNSTR2841....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-09 12:12:14
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 2019aavd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acymcqk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:45:46.243 (41.4426787) DEC = +41:13:43.01 (41.2286141)
Discovery date: 2019-12-14 07:06:53.003 (JD=2458831.7964468)


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: 2019-12-14 07:06:53.003
Flux: 20.2698 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-12-14 04:42:08
Limiting flux: 19.6397 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/2019aavd