TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196878 [ 2023TNSTR3304....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-18 21:19:35
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, G. Pignata, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, 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 2023aalu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23abvfyyg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:23:45.781 (140.94075452652) DEC = +41:32:52.89 (41.548025071508)
Discovery date: 2023-12-13 08:58:57.999 (JD=2460291.8742824)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J092345.76+413252.9

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/ZTF23abvfyyg

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-13 08:58:57.999
Flux: 20.6643 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-11 09:44:46
Limiting flux: 19.8824 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2023aalu