Discovery certificate for object 2024xxj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 228913 [ 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 2024xxj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abltdnn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:41:58.340 (85.49308460741636) DEC = +80:59:45.30 (80.99591528436565)
Discovery date: 2024-10-08 07:59:24.996 (JD=2460591.8329282)


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/ZTF24abltdnn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-08 07:59:24.996
Flux: 20.3283 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-09-24 12:12:40
Limiting flux: 19.502 ABMag
Filter: i-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/2024xxj