TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 202461 [ 2024TNSTR.454....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-02-15 00:19:53
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 2024crz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aafindn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:07:45.358 (181.9389919) DEC = +35:27:57.65 (35.4660132)
Discovery date: 2024-02-14 10:44:15.999 (JD=2460354.9474074)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J120745.50+352800.6

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/ZTF24aafindn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-02-14 10:44:15.999
Flux: 20.2725 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-14 09:47:00
Limiting flux: 20.6238 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2024crz