TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221132 [ 2024TNSTR2795....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-07 00:54:35
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, G. Pignata, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, J.P. Brandt, A. Alvarez, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, B. Gamboa, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, E. Pizarro, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024rnj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aayjiuk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:29:14.638 (322.3109929823) DEC = +18:03:58.93 (18.066369383573)
Discovery date: 2024-07-31 08:04:30.999 (JD=2460522.8364699)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J212914.66+180358.2

Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aayjiuk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-31 08:04:30.999
Flux: 20.7251 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-29 09:00:35
Limiting flux: 20.652 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

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