TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 187686 [ 2023TNSTR2237....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-09-12 22:20:53
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 2023sdu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23abchvcs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:53:05.509 (13.2729554) DEC = -01:27:12.16 (-1.4533787)
Discovery date: 2023-09-11 08:35:46.000 (JD=2460198.8581713)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J005305.50-012712.3

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/ZTF23abchvcs

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-09-11 08:35:46.000
Flux: 20.1832 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-09-08 11:04:41
Limiting flux: 20.4542 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/2023sdu