TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 221012 [ 2024TNSTR2765....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-05 18:02:44
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 2024rkr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aayxyhd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:22:58.456 (335.743567) DEC = -08:38:53.97 (-8.648325)
Discovery date: 2024-08-05 09:02:47.000 (JD=2460527.8769329)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J222258.54-083857.3
Host redshift: 0.0766742

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/ZTF24aayxyhd/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aayxyhd https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT20242zp2ynor7jiw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-05 09:02:47.000
Flux: 19.727 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-05 07:31:45
Limiting flux: 20.134 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/2024rkr