TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224349 [ 2024TNSTR3270....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-03 12:15:13
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 2024ukm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaewrjs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:00:37.303 (120.1554286) DEC = +15:52:08.94 (15.8691503)
Discovery date: 2024-09-02 12:04:27.001 (JD=2460556.0030903)


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: 2024-09-02 12:04:27.001
Flux: 18.3202 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-02 12:01:42
Limiting flux: 19.5831 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/2024ukm