Discovery certificate for object 2024aate
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232092 [ 2024TNSTR4408....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-09 11:48:45
Sender: ZTF (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 2024aate
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abroqvu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:42:59.566 (160.7481913) DEC = -09:12:32.12 (-9.208922)
Discovery date: 2024-10-19 12:42:50.002 (JD=2460603.0297454)


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: 2024-10-19 12:42:50.002
Flux: 14.1078 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No non-detections prior to first detection in ZTF Public, ZTF Public+Partnership alert streams

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024aate