TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232919 [ 2024TNSTR4559....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-20 05:49:57
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 2024abnh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abtartn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:44:47.785 (356.1991045) DEC = +12:51:15.34 (12.8542604)
Discovery date: 2024-11-20 04:27:09.999 (JD=2460634.6855324)


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: 2024-11-20 04:27:09.999
Flux: 18.5693 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-17 02:37:02
Limiting flux: 19.4813 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/2024abnh