TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222160 [ 2024TNSTR2960....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-16 22:37:38
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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: SN 2024sir
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abbwztk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:58:24.906 (14.6037742) DEC = +17:26:41.72 (17.444921)
Discovery date: 2024-08-16 09:44:43.999 (JD=2460538.9060648)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J005824.86+172641.7

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.22+-0.04 mag/day, r-rise > 0.29+-0.04 mag/day) 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/ZTF24abbwztk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-16 09:44:43.999
Flux: 19.8743 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-13 10:18:56
Limiting flux: 20.6127 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

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