TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222255 [ 2024TNSTR2995....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-18 19:06:59
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 2024skp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aavspwq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:35:21.040 (8.837667) DEC = +23:55:15.20 (23.920889)
Discovery date: 2024-07-11 10:25:28.000 (JD=2460502.9343519)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J003521.05+235514.9

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/ZTF24aavspwq/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24aavspwq https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024zapeyo9qzkdq

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-07-11 10:25:28.000
Flux: 20.819 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-07-11 09:22:12
Limiting flux: 20.219 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/2024skp