TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237856 [ 2024TNSTR5123....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-29 15:25:33
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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 2024afor
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abzdccf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:37:07.529 (84.2813692) DEC = -16:02:16.50 (-16.0379153)
Discovery date: 2024-12-29 07:24:57.004 (JD=2460673.8089931)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J053707.82-160218.0

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/ZTF24abzdccf

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-29 07:24:57.004
Flux: 19.9099 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-24 06:10:41
Limiting flux: 18.6304 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/2024afor