TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210447 [ 2024TNSTR1520....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-15 14:20:26
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, 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: SN 2024ixb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aanvvqn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:00:18.458 (270.0769075) DEC = +34:38:25.56 (34.640433)
Discovery date: 2024-05-15 08:12:49.000 (JD=2460445.8422338)

Potential host galaxy: UGC 11087
Host redshift: 0.026568

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.27+-0.10 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/ZTF24aanvvqn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-15 08:12:49.000
Flux: 20.0203 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-13 10:40:44
Limiting flux: 20.7502 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/2024ixb