Discovery certificate for object 2024yia
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229434 [ 2024TNSTR4046....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-17 12:31:44
Sender: ZTF (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 2024yia
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abnlxnf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:08:51.310 (167.2137921) DEC = +33:32:46.85 (33.5463484)
Discovery date: 2024-10-17 11:49:18.998 (JD=2460600.992581)


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: 2024-10-17 11:49:18.998
Flux: 18.4503 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-03 12:30:23
Limiting flux: 19.4868 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/2024yia