TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225871 [ 2024TNSTR3602....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-19 12:37:10
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: AT 2024vrq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abibxfg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:20:13.257 (140.0552374) DEC = +08:47:16.27 (8.787853)
Discovery date: 2024-09-18 12:29:52.998 (JD=2460572.0207523)


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: 2024-09-18 12:29:52.998
Flux: 18.07 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/2024vrq