TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 222814 [ 2024TNSTR3115....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-27 04:51:41
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 2024sxx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abcrfrr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:37:18.316 (249.326317) DEC = +47:04:55.38 (47.08205)
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 03:54:29.000 (JD=2460549.6628356)

Potential host galaxy: LEDA 2292058
Host redshift: 0.0614635

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/ZTF24abcrfrr/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abcrfrr https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024yxfdbxpzbxn2

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-27 03:54:29.000
Flux: 19.557 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-25 05:28:13
Limiting flux: 20.351 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/2024sxx