TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 225121 [ 2024TNSTR3397....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-09 10:00:46
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 2024vbs
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abgtiuc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:25:20.081 (66.333671) DEC = +82:23:43.00 (82.395278)
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 09:14:48.000 (JD=2460562.8852778)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J042520.69+822342.5

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/ZTF24abgtiuc/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abgtiuc

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-09 09:14:48.000
Flux: 19.991 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-09 07:18:27
Limiting flux: 19.884 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/2024vbs