TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216114 [ 2024TNSTR2158....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-28 10:52:54
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 2024naf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aatbkoi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:16:27.847 (244.116029) DEC = +24:03:51.72 (24.064367)
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 06:22:11.000 (JD=2460489.7654051)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J161627.89+240350.7
Host redshift: 0.148984

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/ZTF24aatbkoi/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aatbkoi https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024zyumf61fxqq8

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-28 06:22:11.000
Flux: 19.847 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-26 07:21:18
Limiting flux: 20.234 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/2024naf