TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226859 [ 2024TNSTR3717....1J ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-26 16:30:48
Date made public:
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

C. Jaén-Martín (ULL), I. Pérez-Fournon, F. Poidevin (IAC and 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 2024wqo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abjaqus
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:30:34.778 (352.644908) DEC = +23:31:14.68 (23.520744)
Discovery date: 2024-09-25 07:12:05.000 (JD=2460578.8000579)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J233034.75+233114.5

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/ZTF24abjaqus/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abjaqus https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024b35mowd96xb7 https://fink-portal.org/ZTF24abjaqus

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-09-25 07:12:05.000
Flux: 20.422 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-24 08:15:37
Limiting flux: 20.314 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024wqo