TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 198963 [ 2024TNSTR..49....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-06 02:07:15
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, J.P. Brandt, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, 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 2024ku
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23abvxagr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:32:39.064 (23.1627674) DEC = +34:40:26.36 (34.6739881)
Discovery date: 2024-01-05 03:43:48.996 (JD=2460314.6554282)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J013239.20+344025.9

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/ZTF23abvxagr

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-05 03:43:48.996
Flux: 20.1452 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-29 04:17:47
Limiting flux: 20.2593 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/2024ku