TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229436 [ 2024TNSTR4046....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-17 12:47:02
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 2024yib
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abnlzrl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:28:04.475 (172.0186478) DEC = +14:37:12.48 (14.620133)
Discovery date: 2024-10-10 12:52:33.997 (JD=2460594.0365046)


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: 2024-10-10 12:52:33.997
Flux: 18.379 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+Partnership, ZTF Public alert streams

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