TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223802 [ 2024TNSTR3181....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-30 17:15:23
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 2024tyb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abdfhch
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:36:44.772 (309.18655) DEC = -04:00:26.84 (-4.007456)
Discovery date: 2024-08-25 07:26:01.000 (JD=2460547.8097338)

Potential host galaxy: PS1 103193091865591687

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/ZTF24abdfhch/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abdfhch https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024riai1j1ac93b https://fink-portal.org/ZTF24abdfhch

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-25 07:26:01.000
Flux: 20.396 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-23 07:40:23
Limiting flux: 19.704 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/2024tyb