TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 232600 [ 2024TNSTR4489....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-11-14 18:11:04
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, A. Mourao, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, J.P. Brandt, A. Alvarez, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, B. Gamboa, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, E. Pizarro, 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 2024abfa
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24absscjs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:50:33.581 (177.6399208) DEC = +19:42:44.18 (19.7122718)
Discovery date: 2024-11-14 11:56:52.002 (JD=2460628.9978241)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J115033.60+194250.1
Host redshift: 0.022335

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 1.34+-0.15 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/ZTF24absscjs

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-11-14 11:56:52.002
Flux: 18.7775 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-11-13 12:40:00
Limiting flux: 20.076 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/2024abfa