TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219375 [ 2024TNSTR2565....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-24 13:02:31
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 2024pzx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aawmfgu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:49:59.490 (237.497875) DEC = +71:32:10.48 (71.536244)
Discovery date: 2024-07-18 06:51:41.000 (JD=2460509.7858912)

Potential host galaxy: PS1 193842374971964100

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/ZTF24aawmfgu/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aawmfgu https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024n87cfnhk0ewl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-18 06:51:41.000
Flux: 19.933 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-15 05:48:20
Limiting flux: 20.137 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/2024pzx