TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224169 [ 2024TNSTR3238....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-02 00:02:49
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 2024ufk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abecqdx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:04:23.689 (46.098702500007) DEC = +36:17:51.65 (36.29768)
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 08:43:11.997 (JD=2460549.8633333)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J030423.52+361752.6

Remarks: SN candidate 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/ZTF24abecqdx

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 08:43:11.997
Flux: 20.2548 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-22 10:45:01
Limiting flux: 19.7412 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/2024ufk