TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222764 [ 2024TNSTR3086....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-26 16:38:31
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 2024swg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaszoxf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:20:47.406 (230.1975268) DEC = +28:49:31.62 (28.8254503)
Discovery date: 2024-08-26 03:50:09.001 (JD=2460548.6598264)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J152047.39+284930.8

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.10+-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/ZTF18aaszoxf

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-26 03:50:09.001
Flux: 19.6546 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-24 05:48:56
Limiting flux: 19.249 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2024swg