TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215861 [ 2024TNSTR2091....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-25 17:55:38
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 2024mum
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aatbrat
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:42:40.464 (190.66859883333) DEC = +19:34:07.82 (19.568838133333)
Discovery date: 2024-06-19 04:54:50.996 (JD=2460480.7047569)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J124240.50+193409.2

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/ZTF24aatbrat

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-19 04:54:50.996
Flux: 20.1982 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-16 07:25:09
Limiting flux: 19.2517 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/2024mum