TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 198576 [ 2024TNSTR...6....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-02 23:39:56
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 2024cn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaadlto
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:24:03.402 (246.0141754) DEC = +25:06:58.50 (25.1162495)
Discovery date: 2024-01-02 13:12:58.000 (JD=2460312.0506713)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J162403.20+250704.2
Host redshift: 0.06752712

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/ZTF24aaadlto

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-02 13:12:58.000
Flux: 19.6215 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024cn