TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 186796 [ 2023TNSTR2154....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-09-04 22:32:58
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, G. Pignata, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, 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: SN 2023rhj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23abavosd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:00:49.381 (15.2057524) DEC = +16:53:17.46 (16.8881838)
Discovery date: 2023-09-04 08:51:00.000 (JD=2460191.86875)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J010049.51+165326.5

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.26+-0.01 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/ZTF23abavosd

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-09-04 08:51:00.000
Flux: 18.9075 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-08-30 11:07:53
Limiting flux: 19.549 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/2023rhj