TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215952 [ 2024TNSTR2116....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-26 17:46:05
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 2024mwt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aapyfyd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:48:51.520 (237.214667) DEC = +65:11:42.76 (65.195211)
Discovery date: 2024-06-01 06:26:33.000 (JD=2460462.7684375)

Potential host galaxy: PS1 186232372152594905

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/ZTF24aapyfyd/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aapyfyd https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024qfbd3oqk7fbe https://fink-portal.org/ZTF24aapyfyd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-01 06:26:33.000
Flux: 20.735 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-30 07:20:12
Limiting flux: 20.597 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/2024mwt