TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225154 [ 2024TNSTR3407....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-09 12:22:10
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 2024vcs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abgoksi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:48:26.846 (132.1118592) DEC = +14:39:56.64 (14.6657322)
Discovery date: 2024-09-08 12:15:30.000 (JD=2460562.0107639)


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: 2024-09-08 12:15:30.000
Flux: 15.8164 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No non-detections prior to first detection in ZTF Public, ZTF Public+Partnership alert streams

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024vcs