TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 210568 [ 2024TNSTR1552....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-05-17 20:06:06
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, G. Pignata, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, 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, B. Gamboa, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, E. Pizarro, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, 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 2024jam
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaoeqnd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:34:42.796 (263.67831631428) DEC = +51:44:16.01 (51.737780757643)
Discovery date: 2024-05-17 08:47:52.996 (JD=2460447.8665856)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J173442.92+514417.4

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.18+-0.06 mag/day, r-rise > 0.13+-0.07 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/ZTF24aaoeqnd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-17 08:47:52.996
Flux: 20.2511 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-16 08:42:50
Limiting flux: 20.3278 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/2024jam