TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196549 [ 2023TNSTR3252....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-15 02:38:54
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, G. Pignata, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, J.P. Brandt, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, A. Alvarez, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Gallardo, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, E. Pizarro, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, A. Sepulveda, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2023aaed
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23abspjqs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:40:14.576 (130.06073260001) DEC = +22:32:16.72 (22.537978533333)
Discovery date: 2023-12-13 09:36:02.998 (JD=2460291.9000347)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J084014.47+223216.6

Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF23abspjqs

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-13 09:36:02.998
Flux: 20.8723 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-13 08:09:45
Limiting flux: 20.2331 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2023aaed