TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 231129 [ 2024TNSTR4243....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-31 13:14:07
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 2024zvj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abpoxcu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:44:06.621 (191.027586) DEC = +16:19:56.93 (16.3324804)
Discovery date: 2024-10-30 12:56:58.001 (JD=2460614.0395602)


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: 2024-10-30 12:56:58.001
Flux: 18.0822 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-27 12:56:44
Limiting flux: 17.9806 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/2024zvj