TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219414 [ 2024TNSTR2557....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-24 23:22:58
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, B. Gamboa, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, E. Pizarro, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, 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 2024qaj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aavxqhj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:31:09.553 (37.789802100001) DEC = +42:45:28.61 (42.7579469)
Discovery date: 2024-07-22 10:20:07.996 (JD=2460513.9306481)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J023109.61+424527.6

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/ZTF24aavxqhj

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-22 10:20:07.996
Flux: 18.783 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-22 11:19:17
Limiting flux: 18.8427 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/2024qaj