TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 212901 [ 2024TNSTR1878....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-11 00:10:44
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, 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 2024kxp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aarfccy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:12:18.591 (213.0774606) DEC = -12:28:21.75 (-12.4727071)
Discovery date: 2024-06-10 04:34:12.996 (JD=2460471.6904282)

Potential host galaxy: LEDA 952286

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.20+-0.08 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/ZTF24aarfccy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-10 04:34:12.996
Flux: 19.8111 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-08 06:50:20
Limiting flux: 20.1065 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/2024kxp