TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207519 [ 2024TNSTR1035....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-12 13:30:41
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, 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 2024gjf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aajdtut
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:04:40.918 (256.1704898) DEC = +40:15:51.29 (40.2642463)
Discovery date: 2024-04-11 11:54:23.999 (JD=2460411.9961111)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J170441.07+401550.7

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/ZTF24aajdtut

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-11 11:54:23.999
Flux: 21.669 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-11 11:16:00
Limiting flux: 21.5434 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/2024gjf