Discovery certificate for object 2024zcl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230301 [ 2024TNSTR4151....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-25 07:36:52
Sender: ZTF (Fritz)
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Katherine Mora (UC Berkeley), 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 2024zcl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abofmrg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:56:51.989 (14.2166202) DEC = +71:40:51.88 (71.6810772)
Discovery date: 2024-10-24 04:46:52.003 (JD=2460607.699213)


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: 2024-10-24 04:46:52.003
Flux: 19.7539 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-23 06:45:29
Limiting flux: 20.2982 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/2024zcl