TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 198607 [ 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 2024dm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaaaknq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:08:03.767 (2.0156945) DEC = +34:52:49.61 (34.880446)
Discovery date: 2024-01-02 02:55:54.002 (JD=2460311.6221528)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J000803.77+345249.0

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/ZTF24aaaaknq

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-02 02:55:54.002
Flux: 19.9558 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-12 05:19:20
Limiting flux: 20.6203 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/2024dm