TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 234797 [ 2024TNSTR4717....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-02 20:03:34
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, J.P. Brandt, A. Alvarez, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, B. Gamboa, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, 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 2024adef
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abvcdsn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:45:03.837 (101.2659862003) DEC = +78:18:50.35 (78.3139854)
Discovery date: 2024-11-30 08:13:43.000 (JD=2460644.8428588)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J064503.95+781853.5

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/ZTF24abvcdsn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-30 08:13:43.000
Flux: 20.0156 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-26 08:18:54
Limiting flux: 20.0191 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/2024adef