TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216096 [ 2024TNSTR2157....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-28 08:49:32
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: SN 2024mzu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aatqiio
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:59:35.137 (224.896404) DEC = +49:19:42.24 (49.3284)
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 05:41:02.000 (JD=2460489.7368287)

Potential host galaxy: KUG 1457+495
Host redshift: 0.0267492

Remarks: SN candidate in the starburst galaxy KUG 1457+495 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/ZTF24aatqiio https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aatqiio https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT202438em7xsi0jzv

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 05:41:02.000
Flux: 19.472 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-26 07:10:17
Limiting flux: 20.296 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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