TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 199189 [ 2024TNSTR..50....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-01-06 23:48:19
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 2024pu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF23abvxwbj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:27:33.306 (126.8887736) DEC = +40:55:10.05 (40.9194593)
Discovery date: 2024-01-06 07:21:35.001 (JD=2460315.8066551)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J082733.27+405509.0

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/ZTF23abvxwbj

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-01-06 07:21:35.001
Flux: 19.8176 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-12-30 10:12:00
Limiting flux: 17.1738 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/2024pu