TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 184997 [ 2023TNSTR1991....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-08-17 23:14:20
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, E. Camacho, J. Arredondo, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Huijse, A. Moya, E. Reyes, 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 2023psm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23aaxaixc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:08:15.072 (2.0627999666667) DEC = +51:36:15.82 (51.604395511111)
Discovery date: 2023-08-12 09:19:49.996 (JD=2460168.8887731)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J000815.00+513615.3

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 1.00 mag/day) 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/ZTF23aaxaixc

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-08-12 09:19:49.996
Flux: 20.2116 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-08-12 08:21:17
Limiting flux: 20.5233 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/2023psm