TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226092 [ 2024TNSTR3651....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-22 12:49:51
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 2024vvu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abihsvi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:04:29.631 (151.1234615) DEC = +14:45:50.97 (14.7641589)
Discovery date: 2024-09-21 12:43:56.997 (JD=2460575.0305208)


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: 2024-09-21 12:43:56.997
Flux: 18.0743 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/2024vvu