TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 196396 [ 2023TNSTR3238....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-12-14 12:41:10
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, J.P. Brandt, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, A. Alvarez, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Gallardo, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, E. Pizarro, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, A. Sepulveda, 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 2023aaao
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23absjeul
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:25:22.710 (171.34462423338) DEC = +30:57:06.33 (30.951759033333)
Discovery date: 2023-12-09 11:13:52.997 (JD=2460287.9679745)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J112522.49+305705.4

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/ZTF23absjeul

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-12-09 11:13:52.997
Flux: 20.3189 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-09 10:41:43
Limiting flux: 19.5339 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2023aaao