TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208893 [ 2024TNSTR1288....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-01 15:30:48
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 2024hqt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aalnfgz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:56:39.819 (359.1659127) DEC = +45:51:37.05 (45.8602922)
Discovery date: 2024-04-30 11:40:21.996 (JD=2460430.9863657)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J235639.68+455139.5

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/ZTF24aalnfgz

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-30 11:40:21.996
Flux: 20.0252 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-30 11:36:06
Limiting flux: 19.8752 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/2024hqt