TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 214879 [ 2024TNSTR2018....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-19 23:42:22
Date made public:
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

I. Pérez-Fournon, F. Poidevin (IAC and ULL), C. Jiménez Ángel(GRANTECAN), Z. Delgado-González (ULL), R. Shirley (MPE), R. Marques-Chaves (Univ. of Geneva), and S. Geier (GRANTECAN & IAC) on behalf of SGLF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024luz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aasfcvm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:43:54.825 (310.978437) DEC = +75:51:12.24 (75.8534)
Discovery date: 2024-06-11 09:16:59.000 (JD=2460472.886794)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J204354.77+755112.6

Remarks: SN candidate discovered using the public ZTF alerts, the LSST/ZTF brokers, and our SGLF filters. ZTF light curve available at the LSST/ZTF brokers, e.g.: https://lasair-ztf.lsst.ac.uk/objects/ZTF24aasfcvm/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aasfcvm https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024duo6rv3vycbc https://fink-portal.org/ZTF24aasfcvm

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-11 09:16:59.000
Flux: 20.745 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-10 10:22:30
Limiting flux: 20.173 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024luz