TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215519 [ 2024TNSTR2064....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-23 06:58:15
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 2024mkx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aasrfth
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:08:40.023 (227.1667606) DEC = +42:40:36.50 (42.6768059)
Discovery date: 2024-06-19 05:11:41.997 (JD=2460480.7164583)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-19 05:11:41.997
Flux: 20.1265 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-18 05:57:23
Limiting flux: 19.6509 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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