TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236119 [ 2024TNSTR4931....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-16 09:50:22
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 2024aecm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abxwjab
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:37:21.975 (114.3415644) DEC = +62:20:05.77 (62.3349361)
Discovery date: 2024-12-14 06:15:27.996 (JD=2460658.7607407)


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: 2024-12-14 06:15:27.996
Flux: 19.0543 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-10 06:54:58
Limiting flux: 19.1259 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/2024aecm