TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 206784 [ 2024TNSTR.921....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-04 22:32:12
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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, 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 2024frg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaijspl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:56:37.663 (269.1569305) DEC = +42:42:09.93 (42.7027592)
Discovery date: 2024-04-04 10:24:50.999 (JD=2460404.9339236)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J175637.84+424210.1

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/ZTF24aaijspl

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-04 10:24:50.999
Flux: 19.9637 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-29 11:49:25
Limiting flux: 19.8909 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/2024frg