TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224240 [ 2024TNSTR3245....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-02 13:06:17
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 2024uhg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abescrn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:46:39.645 (266.665188) DEC = +60:27:16.97 (60.454714)
Discovery date: 2024-08-31 04:47:45.000 (JD=2460553.6998264)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J174639.71+602716.9

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/ZTF24abescrn/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abescrn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-31 04:47:45.000
Flux: 20.545 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-30 06:39:22
Limiting flux: 20.331 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/2024uhg