TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215275 [ 2024TNSTR2056....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-22 13:35:04
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 2024mdp
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aasnvly
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:37:16.117 (279.317156) DEC = +71:14:35.48 (71.2431902)
Discovery date: 2024-06-20 07:49:07.996 (JD=2460481.825787)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-20 07:49:07.996
Flux: 19.7304 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No non-detections prior to first detection in ZTF Public, ZTF Public+Partnership alert streams

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