TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219525 [ 2024TNSTR2599....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-26 17:58:29
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 2024qdf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aauetbd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:26:38.983 (261.662429) DEC = +63:07:11.14 (63.119761)
Discovery date: 2024-07-03 08:17:09.000 (JD=2460494.8452431)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J172639.07+630711.8

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/ZTF24aauetbd/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aauetbd https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024c6fimnqsidg0 https://fink-portal.org/ZTF24aauetbd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-03 08:17:09.000
Flux: 20.091 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-03 07:20:54
Limiting flux: 20.316 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/2024qdf