TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 209607 [ 2024TNSTR1413....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-07 13:16:25
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, A. Mourao, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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: SN 2024igh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aamkufg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:58:17.658 (194.5735742) DEC = +27:08:12.75 (27.1368741)
Discovery date: 2024-05-07 06:56:58.001 (JD=2460437.7895602)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J12581769+2708117
Host redshift: 0.03965

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.53+-0.02 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/ZTF24aamkufg

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-07 06:56:58.001
Flux: 18.7083 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-07 05:54:59
Limiting flux: 20.6825 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/2024igh