TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 201050 [ 2024TNSTR.305....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-02-01 15:01:58
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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: SN 2024bhx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaedncr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:24:00.710 (186.0029579) DEC = +07:46:39.14 (7.777538)
Discovery date: 2024-02-01 08:33:59.996 (JD=2460341.8569444)


Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.09+-0.01 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/ZTF24aaedncr

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-02-01 08:33:59.996
Flux: 18.6035 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 13:00:16
Limiting flux: 20.5492 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/2024bhx