TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215938 [ 2024TNSTR2117....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-26 16:23:42
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 2024mwl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aatfbjn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:59:46.032 (269.9418) DEC = +39:47:33.39 (39.792608)
Discovery date: 2024-06-26 07:41:55.000 (JD=2460487.8207755)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J175946.13+394733.4

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/ZTF24aatfbjn/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aatfbjn https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024byju4ccdqaw0

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-26 07:41:55.000
Flux: 19.786 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-23 09:22:36
Limiting flux: 19.856 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/2024mwl