TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215186 [ 2024TNSTR2055....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-22 06:11:13
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Eli Gendreau-Distler (UC Berkeley), 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 2024mbf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aasjzih
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:02:25.262 (240.6052588) DEC = +53:29:21.49 (53.4893038)
Discovery date: 2024-06-15 06:15:07.001 (JD=2460476.7604977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-15 06:15:07.001
Flux: 19.8204 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-14 10:12:41
Limiting flux: 20.4502 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/2024mbf