TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 216821 [ 2024TNSTR2228....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-03 11:40:02
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 2024nsp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaugxzp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:14:04.855 (18.520228) DEC = -01:44:35.65 (-1.743236)
Discovery date: 2024-07-03 10:35:26.000 (JD=2460494.9412731)

Potential host galaxy: UGC 00784
Host redshift: 0.016348

Remarks: Young SN candidate in UGC 00784 (z = 0.016348, from NED) discovered using the public ZTF alerts, the LSST/ZTF brokers, and our SGLF filters. It is located 3.70" S, 11.60" E (4.7 kpc) from the galaxy centre. ZTF light curve available at the LSST/ZTF brokers, e.g.: https://lasair-ztf.lsst.ac.uk/objects/ZTF24aaugxzp/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aaugxzp

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-03 10:35:26.000
Flux: 18.789 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: SDSS

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