TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227642 [ 2024TNSTR3838....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-03 19:27:03
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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 2024xgc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24ableslr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:08:05.909 (152.0246229) DEC = -00:45:18.00 (-0.75499910000055)
Discovery date: 2024-10-03 12:32:34.999 (JD=2460587.0226273)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J100805.98-004516.8

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/ZTF24ableslr

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-03 12:32:34.999
Flux: 18.6023 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

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