TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232019 [ 2024TNSTR4386....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-08 10:40:50
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 2024aarc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abrhrue
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:18:59.481 (94.7478379) DEC = -24:37:46.48 (-24.6295782)
Discovery date: 2024-11-08 10:29:50.997 (JD=2460622.9373958)


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: 2024-11-08 10:29:50.997
Flux: 17.9363 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-07 11:34:10
Limiting flux: 19.0405 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/2024aarc