TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215515 [ 2024TNSTR2064....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-23 05:41:24
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 2024mkt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aasurgi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:56:31.196 (134.1299823) DEC = +55:43:00.18 (55.7167173)
Discovery date: 2024-06-22 04:15:11.998 (JD=2460483.6772222)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-22 04:15:11.998
Flux: 19.4833 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-21 04:27:40
Limiting flux: 19.3422 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/2024mkt