TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221912 [ 2024TNSTR2936....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-14 08:50:25
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: SN 2024sef
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abbinoc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:03:13.704 (255.8071) DEC = +60:20:13.41 (60.337058)
Discovery date: 2024-08-14 05:08:04.000 (JD=2460536.7139352)

Potential host galaxy: NGC 6295
Host redshift: 0.030493

Remarks: SN candidate in NGC 6295 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/ZTF24abbinoc https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024lw8vqd6afh9l

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-14 05:08:04.000
Flux: 19.637 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-08 06:20:02
Limiting flux: 20.521 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/2024sef