TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 211940 [ 2024TNSTR1786....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-04 14:46:06
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, 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 2024khk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaqlmem
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:59:00.937 (239.75390257776) DEC = +58:48:51.95 (58.814429777778)
Discovery date: 2024-06-04 04:48:23.000 (JD=2460465.7002662)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J155900.14+584857.4

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/ZTF24aaqlmem

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-04 04:48:23.000
Flux: 20.4825 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-04 04:42:18
Limiting flux: 20.045 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/2024khk