TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219918 [ 2024TNSTR2640....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-29 13:04:10
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 2024qmu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23aaktzsu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:05:50.524 (241.460517) DEC = +32:44:33.15 (32.742542)
Discovery date: 2024-07-29 04:44:02.000 (JD=2460520.6972454)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J160550.49+324433.0
Host redshift: 0.131588

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/ZTF23aaktzsu

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-29 04:44:02.000
Flux: 19.485 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-27 06:41:41
Limiting flux: 20.398 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/2024qmu