TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216750 [ 2024TNSTR2233....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-03 07:00:35
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 2024nqv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaueurw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:20:15.507 (260.0646117) DEC = +72:02:51.84 (72.0477321)
Discovery date: 2024-06-19 09:42:03.000 (JD=2460480.9042014)


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: 2024-06-19 09:42:03.000
Flux: 19.3456 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-19 07:48:59
Limiting flux: 19.9244 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/2024nqv