TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224314 [ 2024TNSTR3237....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-02 20:15:10
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, G. Pignata, 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 2024uji
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abencqk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:03:55.764 (330.9823503288) DEC = -14:54:09.24 (-14.902567990388)
Discovery date: 2024-08-31 07:28:17.996 (JD=2460553.8113194)


Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.13+-0.08 mag/day) 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/ZTF24abencqk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-31 07:28:17.996
Flux: 20.6677 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-31 06:28:22
Limiting flux: 20.3845 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/2024uji