TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209435 [ 2024TNSTR1375....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-04 22:46:26
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 2024ici
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aalukjj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:42:50.842 (325.71184179122) DEC = +32:49:09.21 (32.819223850693)
Discovery date: 2024-04-28 10:50:32.004 (JD=2460428.9517593)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J214250.85+324909.1

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/ZTF24aalukjj

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-28 10:50:32.004
Flux: 19.8141 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-24 11:12:12
Limiting flux: 18.9545 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/2024ici