TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 233506 [ 2024TNSTR4628....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-25 07:20:29
Date made public:
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

I. Pérez-Fournon (IAC and ULL), C. Jaén-Martín, D. Cano-Morales, A.E. Hernández-Díaz (ULL), F. Poidevin (IAC and ULL), C. Jiménez Ángel (GRANTECAN), Z. Delgado-González (ULL), R. Shirley (MPE), R. Marques-Chaves (Univ. of Geneva), and S. Geier (GRANTECAN & IAC) on behalf of SGLF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024accc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abtvaze
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:30:34.054 (37.641892) DEC = +32:10:26.68 (32.174078)
Discovery date: 2024-11-25 05:13:56.000 (JD=2460639.7180093)

Potential host galaxy: UGC 01980
Host redshift: 0.015924

Remarks: SN candidate discovered using the public ZTF alerts, the LSST/ZTF brokers, and our SGLF filters. The transient is located 7.60" S, 4.91" E (3.1 kpc) from the center of the galaxy UGC 01980. ZTF light curve available at the LSST/ZTF brokers, e.g.: https://lasair-ztf.lsst.ac.uk/objects/ZTF24abtvaze/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abtvaze

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-25 05:13:56.000
Flux: 19.495 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-22 06:05:33
Limiting flux: 20.587 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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