TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 236884 [ 2024TNSTR5024....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-23 19:14:15
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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, 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 2024aesc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abykoen
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:10:39.449 (167.6643712) DEC = +56:02:07.09 (56.0353028)
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 10:15:53.004 (JD=2460664.9276968)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J111039.34+560206.5
Host redshift: 0.1642

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.07+-0.02 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/ZTF24abykoen

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-20 10:15:53.004
Flux: 19.7377 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-20 09:49:24
Limiting flux: 19.7013 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/2024aesc