TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222220 [ 2024TNSTR2979....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-17 18:08:35
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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 2024sju
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abbzhel
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:29:52.124 (292.4671819) DEC = +35:25:35.01 (35.4263924)
Discovery date: 2024-08-17 07:20:08.998 (JD=2460539.8056597)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J192952.48+352532.3

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.64+-0.08 mag/day) 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/ZTF24abbzhel

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-17 07:20:08.998
Flux: 19.1742 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-15 08:11:52
Limiting flux: 20.5124 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2024sju