TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 177543 [ 2023TNSTR1090....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-05-14 21:20:38
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, A. Mourao, R. Dastidar, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, E. Camacho, J. Silva-Farfan, J. Arredondo, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Huijse, E. Reyes, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, C. Valenzuela, E. Castillo, D. Ruz-Mieres, 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: SN 2023iks
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23aajjxso
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:35:12.756 (263.8031519) DEC = +06:46:28.61 (6.7746131)
Discovery date: 2023-05-14 08:59:49.001 (JD=2460078.8748727)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J173512.87+064622.8

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.33+-0.04 mag/day) 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/ZTF23aajjxso

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-05-14 08:59:49.001
Flux: 19.0803 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-05-11 10:57:45
Limiting flux: 20.0322 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/2023iks