TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222629 [ 2024TNSTR3078....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-25 08:54:50
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 2024ssm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abctbor
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:00:08.875 (300.036979) DEC = -14:56:40.60 (-14.944611)
Discovery date: 2024-08-25 05:35:12.000 (JD=2460547.7327778)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASS J20000892-1456424

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/ZTF24abctbor/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abctbor https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024ipnlwd4yqgfx

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-25 05:35:12.000
Flux: 20.06 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-23 06:07:21
Limiting flux: 19.702 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/2024ssm