TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226683 [ 2024TNSTR3676....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-24 19:53:21
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, F. Forster, G. Pignata, 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 2024wnb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abizagi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:58:39.806 (59.665858350428) DEC = +29:48:22.47 (29.806240524564)
Discovery date: 2024-09-19 10:53:45.004 (JD=2460572.9539931)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J035839.85+294821.8

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.12+-0.03 mag/day, r-rise > 0.11+-0.03 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/ZTF24abizagi

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-19 10:53:45.004
Flux: 19.7922 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-19 10:51:41
Limiting flux: 19.8161 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/2024wnb