TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200140 [ 2024TNSTR.192....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-18 14:33:33
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, A. Mourao, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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 2024ame
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aadfqbu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:39:11.934 (234.79972490066) DEC = +19:29:28.35 (19.491208239957)
Discovery date: 2024-01-18 12:23:51.000 (JD=2460328.0165625)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J153912.19+192932.7

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/ZTF24aadfqbu

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-18 12:23:51.000
Flux: 19.0948 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-06 13:23:10
Limiting flux: 20.2459 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/2024ame