TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226150 [ 2024TNSTR3648....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-22 16:59:34
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 2024vxk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abiimsa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:39:28.461 (324.868587) DEC = +26:54:18.15 (26.905042)
Discovery date: 2024-09-22 03:45:32.000 (JD=2460575.6566204)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J213928.48+265417.4

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/ZTF24abiimsa/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abiimsa https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024mdbm76cb5c9d

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-22 03:45:32.000
Flux: 20.296 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-19 06:38:15
Limiting flux: 19.897 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024vxk