Discovery certificate for object 2024xwt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228897 [ 2024TNSTR3975....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-13 02:16:20
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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 2024xwt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abmksdo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:39:11.720 (159.798835) DEC = +43:57:41.02 (43.9613953)
Discovery date: 2024-10-12 11:18:27.999 (JD=2460595.9711574)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J103911.67+435739.3
Host redshift: 0.05384488

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/ZTF24abmksdo

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-12 11:18:27.999
Flux: 18.84 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2024xwt