TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 201974 [ 2024TNSTR.393....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-02-11 22:20:59
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, J.P. Brandt, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, E. Camacho, 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 2024cgb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaekbpc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:41:57.817 (235.4909023) DEC = +18:38:16.39 (18.6378861)
Discovery date: 2024-02-11 10:22:22.996 (JD=2460351.9322106)

Potential host galaxy: 2MASX J15415774+1838147
Host redshift: 0.07188

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/ZTF24aaekbpc

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-02-11 10:22:22.996
Flux: 19.1152 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-18 12:48:07
Limiting flux: 20.4335 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/2024cgb