TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 234223 [ 2024TNSTR4701....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-30 11:32:56
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 2024acqz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aagjqjt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:45:02.413 (146.2600543) DEC = +44:58:19.09 (44.9719705)
Discovery date: 2024-10-28 11:11:13.001 (JD=2460611.9661227)


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: 2024-10-28 11:11:13.001
Flux: 17.8137 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-28 10:42:52
Limiting flux: 19.8546 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/2024acqz