TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233515 [ 2024TNSTR4633....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-25 08:29:46
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 2024accf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abtxdma
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:56:26.687 (29.1111962) DEC = +11:19:28.57 (11.3246027)
Discovery date: 2024-11-02 07:55:26.999 (JD=2460616.8301736)


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: 2024-11-02 07:55:26.999
Flux: 20.1843 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-31 10:30:19
Limiting flux: 20.2284 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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