TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215987 [ 2024TNSTR2141....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-27 06:10:31
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 2024mxk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24aatbhby
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:46:47.105 (146.696269) DEC = +43:31:22.07 (43.5227982)
Discovery date: 2024-06-25 04:13:42.003 (JD=2460486.6761806)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-25 04:13:42.003
Flux: 19.5732 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/2024mxk