TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219429 [ 2024TNSTR2582....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-25 09:25:08
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 2024qaw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaxasok
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:51:14.797 (237.811654) DEC = +28:43:03.37 (28.717603)
Discovery date: 2024-07-25 05:15:39.000 (JD=2460516.7192014)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J155114.73+284303.4

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/ZTF24aaxasok/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aaxasok https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT20243ne0ti53skgt

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-25 05:15:39.000
Flux: 19.909 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-25 04:38:23
Limiting flux: 20.659 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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