TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 219779 [ 2024TNSTR2630....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-28 21:36:52
Date made public:
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

I. Pérez-Fournon, F. Poidevin (IAC and ULL), C. Jaén-Martín (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 2024qjm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaxkhwm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:33:45.221 (263.438421) DEC = +33:40:30.20 (33.675056)
Discovery date: 2024-07-28 06:19:34.000 (JD=2460519.763588)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J173345.17+334029.7

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://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aaxkhwm

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-28 06:19:34.000
Flux: 19.674 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-25 07:15:29
Limiting flux: 19.848 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/2024qjm