TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222345 [ 2024TNSTR3027....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-21 13:44:07
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 2024slp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abcenxy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:22:04.973 (110.520722) DEC = +17:25:14.19 (17.4206096)
Discovery date: 2024-08-18 12:07:20.000 (JD=2460541.0050926)


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: 2024-08-18 12:07:20.000
Flux: 17.6987 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-18 12:06:40
Limiting flux: 18.7157 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/2024slp