TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 191012 [ 2023TNSTR2596....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2023-10-15 22:00:59
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, A. Mourao, R. Dastidar, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, E. Camacho, J. Silva-Farfan, J. Arredondo, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Huijse, E. Reyes, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, C. Valenzuela, E. Castillo, D. Ruz-Mieres, 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 2023vbw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23abjrdem
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:15:04.332 (123.76805103333) DEC = +57:10:55.58 (57.182104433333)
Discovery date: 2023-10-12 11:51:02.998 (JD=2460229.9937847)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J081504.47+571050.7

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/ZTF23abjrdem

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2023-10-12 11:51:02.998
Flux: 19.9301 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-10-07 10:37:24
Limiting flux: 19.8932 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/2023vbw