TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233512 [ 2024TNSTR4633....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-25 08:11:58
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 2024acce
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abtwexf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:41:40.124 (40.4171816) DEC = -14:54:27.70 (-14.9076948)
Discovery date: 2024-11-17 07:34:56.999 (JD=2460631.8159375)


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: 2024-11-17 07:34:56.999
Flux: 19.9583 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-17 05:57:58
Limiting flux: 18.9023 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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