TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 205220 [ 2024TNSTR.680....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-13 22:57:05
Date made public:
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

I. Pérez-Fournon, F. Poidevin (IAC and ULL), C. Jiménez Ángel (GRANTECAN), Z. Delgado-González (ULL), R. Shirley (MPE), R. Marques-Chaves (Univ. of Geneva), and S. Geier (GRANTECAN & IAC) on behalf of SGLF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024efz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aadfqix
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:24:18.624 (216.0776) DEC = +34:30:15.93 (34.504425)
Discovery date: 2024-01-15 12:27:09.000 (JD=2460325.0188542)


Remarks: SLSN candidate. Data were provided by the Zwicky Transient Facility (https://www.ztf.caltech.edu) and processed through the Lasair (https://lasair-ztf.lsst.ac.uk), ALeRCE (https://alerce.online), Fink (https://fink-broker.org), and ANTARES (https://antares.noirlab.edu) ZTF/LSST brokers, and our SGLF ZTF database and filters. ZTF light curve: https://lasair-ztf.lsst.ac.uk/objects/ZTF24aadfqix/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aadfqix https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024d16e72efq6ms https://fink-portal.org/ZTF24aadfqix

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-15 12:27:09.000
Flux: 20.426 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-06 11:40:02
Limiting flux: 20.159 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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