TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215932 [ 2024TNSTR2120....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-26 16:07:40
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Eli Gendreau-Distler (UC Berkeley), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024mwj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aasbqfn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:12:48.694 (33.2028918) DEC = +25:04:57.29 (25.0825792)
Discovery date: 2024-06-12 11:08:01.996 (JD=2460473.963912)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-12 11:08:01.996
Flux: 19.4044 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-11 11:16:12
Limiting flux: 19.3809 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/2024mwj