TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 118471 [ 2021TNSTR2582....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2021-07-28 20:55:28
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, E. Camacho, J. Silva-Farfan, A. Mourao, J. Arredondo, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Huijse, E. Reyes, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, C. Valenzuela, E. Castillo, D. Ruz-Mieres, 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 2021ugg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21abowndm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:39:21.888 (234.84119825) DEC = +47:58:31.98 (47.9755498)
Discovery date: 2021-07-28 04:48:16.001 (JD=2459423.7001852)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J153921.75+475831.7

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.09+-0.01 mag/day, r-rise > 0.07+-0.01 mag/day) classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier - see http://arxiv.org/abs/2008.03309 - and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF21abowndm

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2021-07-28 04:48:16.001
Flux: 19.3626 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-07-24 08:24:03
Limiting flux: 17.979 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2021ugg