TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 214782 [ 2024TNSTR2011....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-19 14:31:13
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 2024lth
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aasikhh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:13:13.269 (198.3052871) DEC = +55:30:37.44 (55.5103998)
Discovery date: 2024-06-17 04:40:07.997 (JD=2460478.694537)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J131313.22+553037.5

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.38+-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/ZTF24aasikhh

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-17 04:40:07.997
Flux: 19.4783 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-15 07:04:55
Limiting flux: 20.2364 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/2024lth