TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 224575 [ 2024TNSTR3318....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-05 12:09:35
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 2024uqb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abfpgyi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:40:06.873 (235.028638) DEC = +24:30:44.70 (24.512417)
Discovery date: 2024-09-05 03:56:59.000 (JD=2460558.6645718)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J154006.90+243044.9
Host redshift: 0.121647

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/ZTF24abfpgyi/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abfpgyi https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT202488k8hh4hawp4

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-05 03:56:59.000
Flux: 19.925 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-03 04:56:46
Limiting flux: 19.864 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/2024uqb