TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219573 [ 2024TNSTR2615....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-27 11:27:34
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 2024qeg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aawxnpl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:26:54.160 (246.725667) DEC = +14:08:09.88 (14.136078)
Discovery date: 2024-07-26 04:56:41.000 (JD=2460517.7060301)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J162654.18+140810.0

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://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aawxnpl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-26 04:56:41.000
Flux: 20.095 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-25 06:40:13
Limiting flux: 19.366 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/2024qeg