TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221733 [ 2024TNSTR2918....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-13 00:39:12
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 2024sbb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abaxxfl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:22:07.863 (5.532762) DEC = +01:00:39.73 (1.011036)
Discovery date: 2024-08-12 09:37:26.000 (JD=2460534.9009954)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J002207.91+010039.1

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/ZTF24abaxxfl/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abaxxfl https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024fjarmg2z415m https://fink-portal.org/ZTF24abaxxfl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-12 09:37:26.000
Flux: 20.761 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-12 08:26:40
Limiting flux: 15.889 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/2024sbb