TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 214966 [ 2024TNSTR2042....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-21 06:14:07
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: AT 2024lxk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aasojjk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:17:10.020 (199.2917488) DEC = +33:36:08.47 (33.6023533)
Discovery date: 2024-06-19 04:52:00.001 (JD=2460480.7027778)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-19 04:52:00.001
Flux: 19.8259 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-16 07:46:39
Limiting flux: 19.6665 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/2024lxk