TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224173 [ 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 2024ufo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abdpbqo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:39:13.608 (99.8066985) DEC = +47:07:00.44 (47.1167877)
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 11:49:25.003 (JD=2460554.9926505)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J063913.83+470659.6

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/ZTF24abdpbqo

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-01 11:49:25.003
Flux: 20.4706 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-01 10:51:06
Limiting flux: 20.3884 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2024ufo