TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 234870 [ 2024TNSTR4744....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-03 10:57:08
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 2024adgk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24absvnza
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:52:55.341 (163.2305863) DEC = -01:19:20.55 (-1.3223762)
Discovery date: 2024-11-17 12:08:41.000 (JD=2460632.0060301)


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: 2024-11-17 12:08:41.000
Flux: 19.3445 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-17 11:52:39
Limiting flux: 19.1188 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/2024adgk