TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222647 [ 2024TNSTR3078....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-25 12:05:12
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 2024sta
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abcuupv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:46:26.369 (11.609871) DEC = +38:21:52.67 (38.364631)
Discovery date: 2024-08-25 08:19:23.000 (JD=2460547.846794)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J004626.34+382153.1

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://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abcuupv https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT202444v7zp1wm77b

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-25 08:19:23.000
Flux: 20.096 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-22 09:50:22
Limiting flux: 19.746 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/2024sta