TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 211905 [ 2024TNSTR1798....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-04 11:34:05
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 2024kgp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaqmvlb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:28:49.083 (277.2045145) DEC = +72:26:42.92 (72.4452569)
Discovery date: 2024-05-30 07:48:44.003 (JD=2460460.8255093)


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: 2024-05-30 07:48:44.003
Flux: 21.0592 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-28 10:14:34
Limiting flux: 20.128 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/2024kgp