TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219349 [ 2024TNSTR2564....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-24 11:12:20
Date made public:
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

I. Pérez-Fournon, F. Poidevin (IAC and ULL), C. Jaén-Martín (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 2024pzj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aawxqxa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:41:36.883 (235.403679) DEC = +07:10:49.76 (7.180489)
Discovery date: 2024-07-24 04:34:26.000 (JD=2460515.6905787)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J154136.52+071047.5
Host redshift: 0.134285

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/ZTF24aawxqxa/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aawxqxa

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-24 04:34:26.000
Flux: 20.203 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-22 06:06:28
Limiting flux: 19.729 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/2024pzj