Discovery certificate for object 2024zqu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230826 [ 2024TNSTR4185....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-28 14:41:24
Sender: ZTF (ALeRCE)
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, 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 2024zqu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abolyxg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:15:27.861 (48.866085630647966) DEC = +15:14:14.80 (15.237444287446902)
Discovery date: 2024-10-25 08:57:12.997 (JD=2460608.8730671)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J031527.78+151413.5

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/ZTF24abolyxg

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-25 08:57:12.997
Flux: 20.6753 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-24 08:45:41
Limiting flux: 20.3459 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2024zqu