TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223640 [ 2024TNSTR3133....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-28 16:19:49
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 2024tuh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abcstvi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:22:49.558 (245.706492) DEC = +16:07:23.93 (16.123314)
Discovery date: 2024-08-22 03:53:07.000 (JD=2460544.6618866)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J162249.48+160726.5

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/ZTF24abcstvi/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abcstvi https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024cpxxi93gsrh7

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-22 03:53:07.000
Flux: 20.735 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-18 05:57:08
Limiting flux: 19.764 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/2024tuh