TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200968 [ 2024TNSTR.299....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-31 19:34:06
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, J.P. Brandt, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, A. Alvarez, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Gallardo, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, E. Pizarro, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, A. Sepulveda, 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 2024bgf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaducxy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:02:28.954 (120.6206421) DEC = +47:53:53.51 (47.8981962)
Discovery date: 2024-01-31 05:39:20.998 (JD=2460340.7356597)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J080228.82+475353.1

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/ZTF24aaducxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-31 05:39:20.998
Flux: 20.2512 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-28 03:49:55
Limiting flux: 18.339 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/2024bgf