TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 235884 [ 2024TNSTR4911....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-14 05:01:18
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 2024adzh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abxwbfy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:11:51.301 (2.9637544) DEC = -12:30:48.42 (-12.5134506)
Discovery date: 2024-12-08 02:33:58.000 (JD=2460652.6069213)


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: 2024-12-08 02:33:58.000
Flux: 20.225 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-04 03:34:25
Limiting flux: 20.2296 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/2024adzh