TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 202136 [ 2024TNSTR.405....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-02-12 17:49:32
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, J.P. Brandt, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, E. Camacho, 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 2024cjp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaejjyy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:20:46.127 (170.1921964083) DEC = +19:10:34.70 (19.176304429695)
Discovery date: 2024-02-12 09:05:36.001 (JD=2460352.8788889)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J112045.97+191034.7

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/ZTF24aaejjyy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-02-12 09:05:36.001
Flux: 20.0725 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-01 10:04:58
Limiting flux: 19.9895 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/2024cjp