TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226852 [ 2024TNSTR3713....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-26 14:40:18
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 2024wqj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abjihzs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:40:34.209 (10.142537827685) DEC = +37:02:07.82 (37.035506411628)
Discovery date: 2024-09-22 08:17:09.997 (JD=2460575.8452546)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J004034.00+370210.7

Remarks: SN candidate 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/ZTF24abjihzs

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-22 08:17:09.997
Flux: 20.4886 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-22 08:16:21
Limiting flux: 19.9549 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/2024wqj