TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220142 [ 2024TNSTR2660....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-30 16:46:23
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 2024qqc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aaxsaeq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:09:25.859 (227.357746) DEC = +08:04:14.01 (8.070558)
Discovery date: 2024-07-28 04:34:07.000 (JD=2460519.6903588)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J150925.62+080417.1
Host redshift: 0.0761544

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/ZTF24aaxsaeq/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aaxsaeq

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-28 04:34:07.000
Flux: 20.481 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-26 07:04:15
Limiting flux: 19.154 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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