TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 214956 [ 2024TNSTR2040....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-21 01:32:39
Date made public:
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

I. Pérez-Fournon, F. Poidevin (IAC and ULL), C. Jiménez Ángel(GRANTECAN), Z. Delgado-González (ULL), R. Shirley (MPE), R. Marques-Chaves (Univ. of Geneva), and S. Geier (GRANTECAN & IAC) on behalf of SGLF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024lxe
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aasflqn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:28:05.128 (307.021367) DEC = -03:40:23.18 (-3.673106)
Discovery date: 2024-06-11 09:03:21.000 (JD=2460472.8773264)

Potential host galaxy: PS1 103593070213352549

Remarks: SN candidate discovered using the public ZTF alerts, the LSST/ZTF brokers, and our SGLF filters. ZTF light curve available at the LSST/ZTF brokers, e.g.: https://lasair-ztf.lsst.ac.uk/objects/ZTF24aasflqn/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aasflqn https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT20247psa1gip49c0 https://fink-portal.org/ZTF24aasflqn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-11 09:03:21.000
Flux: 20.652 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-09 10:03:37
Limiting flux: 20.536 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024lxe