TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 241157 [ 2025TNSTR.212....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-16 09:23:18
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 2021aicr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aafaczt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:37:37.039 (114.4043312) DEC = +19:40:19.49 (19.6720795)
Discovery date: 2021-09-06 11:56:52.995 (JD=2459463.9978356)


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: 2021-09-06 11:56:52.995
Flux: 19.0703 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-08-30 12:23:46
Limiting flux: 19.2598 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/2021aicr