TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 186263 [ 2023TNSTR2077....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-08-26 15:42:00
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, 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 2023qve
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23aazsdel
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:36:55.971 (324.23321055) DEC = -00:32:08.53 (-0.53570265)
Discovery date: 2023-08-25 06:32:17.002 (JD=2460181.772419)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J21365608-0032065
Host redshift: 0.05137

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/ZTF23aazsdel

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-08-25 06:32:17.002
Flux: 20.2209 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-08-23 07:00:10
Limiting flux: 20.4644 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/2023qve