TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 199981 [ 2024TNSTR.161....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-16 23:59:42
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, 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 2024aiu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aacnocv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:44:09.522 (146.0396741) DEC = +29:31:03.18 (29.5175506)
Discovery date: 2024-01-16 08:33:59.003 (JD=2460325.8569329)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J094409.52+293102.9

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.35+-0.10 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/ZTF24aacnocv

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-16 08:33:59.003
Flux: 19.001 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-16 06:38:47
Limiting flux: 20.1176 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/2024aiu