TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 241219 [ 2025TNSTR.202....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-16 17:35:47
Date made public:
Sender: 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, 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 2025og
Discoverer internal name: ZTF25aabowly
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:24:20.187 (81.084110765128) DEC = +75:21:45.37 (75.362601905897)
Discovery date: 2025-01-12 07:56:47.999 (JD=2460687.8311111)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J052420.24+752145.5

Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.07+-0.01 mag/day, r-rise > 0.20+-0.03 mag/day) 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/ZTF25aabowly

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-12 07:56:47.999
Flux: 18.8946 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-12 07:17:48
Limiting flux: 18.903 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/2025og