TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229390 [ 2024TNSTR4029....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-16 18:43:16
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 2024yhh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abnjxll
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:21:37.034 (185.4043071) DEC = +26:45:33.99 (26.7594403)
Discovery date: 2024-10-16 12:45:18.999 (JD=2460600.0314699)

Potential host galaxy: IC 3200
Host redshift: 0.06363

Remarks: SN candidate 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/ZTF24abnjxll

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-16 12:45:18.999
Flux: 18.2783 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

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