TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226089 [ 2024TNSTR3651....1R ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-22 12:25:18
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: SN 2024vvr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abifqbz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:51:48.014 (102.9500577) DEC = +27:13:42.80 (27.2285553)
Discovery date: 2024-09-19 11:10:31.995 (JD=2460572.9656481)


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: 2024-09-19 11:10:31.995
Flux: 19.612 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-19 10:18:38
Limiting flux: 19.1269 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/2024vvr