TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 218921 [ 2024TNSTR2467....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-16 15:18:28
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 2024ppl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aauhayx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:18:14.512 (19.5604681) DEC = +23:55:27.54 (23.9243174)
Discovery date: 2024-07-03 10:52:35.002 (JD=2460494.9531829)


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: 2024-07-03 10:52:35.002
Flux: 18.4192 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-07 11:17:02
Limiting flux: 20.0022 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/2024ppl