TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 229446 [ 2024TNSTR4044....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-17 23:14:17
Date made public:
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

I. Pérez-Fournon (IAC and ULL), C. Jaén-Martín (ULL), F. Poidevin (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 2024yif
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abmyoun
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:37:16.571 (144.319046) DEC = +34:11:34.65 (34.192958)
Discovery date: 2024-10-14 11:25:57.000 (JD=2460597.9763542)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J093716.56+341134.3

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/ZTF24abmyoun/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF24abmyoun https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2024fduiab16n1v7

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-14 11:25:57.000
Flux: 19.822 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-12 12:21:34
Limiting flux: 20.354 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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