TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 200972 [ 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 2024bgj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aadqxej
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:52:22.569 (133.0940384631) DEC = +54:13:42.68 (54.228521602619)
Discovery date: 2024-01-31 08:11:51.000 (JD=2460340.8415625)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J085222.62+541341.9

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/ZTF24aadqxej

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-31 08:11:51.000
Flux: 19.9353 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-26 10:15:10
Limiting flux: 19.2496 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/2024bgj