TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221743 [ 2024TNSTR2925....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-13 07:37:14
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 2024sbk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abbbjab
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:24:26.425 (291.1101047) DEC = -25:12:40.06 (-25.2111273)
Discovery date: 2024-08-13 04:33:42.998 (JD=2460535.690081)


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: 2024-08-13 04:33:42.998
Flux: 18.1165 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-09 07:03:40
Limiting flux: 20.0181 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/2024sbk