TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207286 [ 2024TNSTR1003....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-10 01:33:59
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, G. Pignata, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, J.P. Brandt, 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 2024gdt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aainbbh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:37:53.016 (189.4709014071) DEC = +11:01:02.18 (11.017272373895)
Discovery date: 2024-04-03 07:35:01.000 (JD=2460403.8159838)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J123752.91+110102.6

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.07+-0.01 mag/day) 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/ZTF24aainbbh

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-03 07:35:01.000
Flux: 20.6607 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-03 06:19:27
Limiting flux: 20.5037 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/2024gdt