TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 220558 [ 2024TNSTR2709....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-02 21:12:38
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, 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 2024qzg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aawkwom
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:44:36.651 (41.1527122) DEC = +14:32:49.16 (14.5469894)
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 09:53:50.997 (JD=2460524.9123958)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J024436.71+143249.7

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/ZTF24aawkwom

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-02 09:53:50.997
Flux: 19.3702 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

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