TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 214965 [ 2024TNSTR2042....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-21 06:13:56
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024lxj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aasokij
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:05:28.322 (241.3680096) DEC = +37:16:43.66 (37.2787957)
Discovery date: 2024-06-20 06:48:31.999 (JD=2460481.7837037)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-20 06:48:31.999
Flux: 20.1682 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-19 09:49:03
Limiting flux: 19.8288 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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