TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222059 [ 2024TNSTR2952....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-15 22:09:18
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 2024sgq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abbdlby
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:07:46.772 (1.944883) DEC = +30:09:08.30 (30.152306)
Discovery date: 2024-08-10 07:15:03.000 (JD=2460532.8021181)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J000746.78+300907.9

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/ZTF24abbdlby/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abbdlby https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT202419b4r2rb6av5 https://fink-portal.org/ZTF24abbdlby

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-10 07:15:03.000
Flux: 20.812 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-09 09:06:32
Limiting flux: 20.683 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/2024sgq