TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240108 [ 2025TNSTR...1....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-01 15:30:17
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 2024aghv
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abzvzki
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:22:25.522 (185.6063401) DEC = +25:59:34.51 (25.9929185)
Discovery date: 2024-12-30 12:59:01.000 (JD=2460675.0409838)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J122225.65+255933.6

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/ZTF24abzvzki

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-30 12:59:01.000
Flux: 20.3492 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-30 12:15:52
Limiting flux: 20.4582 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/2024aghv